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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment, hence the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade. Webster. This word is also now applied to all kinds of sailing vessels. Owners of the Wenonah v. Bragdon, 21 Gratt. (Va.) 693. See 23 L. J. Rep. 156; 3 El. & Bl. 888.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

I. A general term, now commonly applied to all kinds of sailing vessels, , though formerly restricted to the smaller vessels. The Wenonah, 21 Grat (Va.) 697; Reed v. Ingham, 3 El. & B. 898. 2. A trade or occupation of the sort requiring skill and training, particularly manual skill combined with a knowledge of the principles of the art; also the body of persons pursuing such a calling; a gulld. Gan-ahl v. Shore, 24 Ga. 23. 3. Guile, artful cunning, trickiness. Not a legal term in this sense, though often used in connection with such terms as "fraud" and "artifice."

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A general term, now common. ly applied to all kinds of sailing vessels, though formerly restricted to the smaller yessels. Worcester; 21 Grat. 693. A guild.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889