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Ferryman

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

One employed in taking persons across a river or other stream, in boats or other contrivances, at a ferry.

3 Ala. 160; 8 Dana (Ky.) 158.

FESTINATIO JUSTITIAE EST NOVERca infortunii. The hurrying of justice is the stepmother of misfortune.

Hob. 97.