Freight
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. naulum, fretum; L. Fr. freit.] In maritime law. The price or sum paid for the actual transportation of goods by sea, from one place to another.
3 Kent's Com. 219.
In a larger sense. Any reward or compensation paid for the use of ships, including the transportation of passengers. Id. Freight is the mother of wages.
3 Kent's Com. 196.
Where a voyage is broken up by vis major, and no freight earned, no wages, eo nomine, are due. Id. ibid.