preferred maritime lien
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 293 U.S. 21 - Detroit Trust Co. v. The Thomas Barlum · 1934Most cited · 453 citing opinions
Preferred maritime liens' are those arising prior to the recording and indorsement of the mortgage as required, or 'a lien for damages arising out of tort, for wages of a stevedore when employed directly by the owner, operator, master, ship's husband, or agent of the vessel, for wages of the crew of the vessel, for general average, and for salvage, including contract salvage
How often courts cite the cases defining “preferred maritime lien”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “preferred maritime lien” — 601 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1926–1934
- ORIGINAL
preferred maritime lien' means (1) a lien arising prior in time to the recording and indorsement of a preferred mortgage in accordance with the provisions of this section.