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Coast Guard

Defined in 2 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Black's (1910)

United States Code

46 U.S.C. § 2101 — in this subtitle (2 versions over time)

"Coast Guard" means the organization established and continued under section 1 1 of title 14.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. A body of officers and men raised and equipped by the commissioners of the admiralty for the defense of the coasts of the realm, and for the more ready manning of the navy in case of war or sudden emergency, as well as for the protection of the revenue against smugglers. Mozley & Whitley.