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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A symbol of nationality carried by soldiers, ships, etc., and used in many places where such a symbol is necessary or proper. For the law upon the subject of nationality of a cargo as determined by the fiag, see 5 East, 398; 9 East, 283; 3 Bos. & P. 201; 1 C. Rob. Adm. 1; 5 C. Rob. Adm. 16; 1 Dods. Adm. 81, 131; 9 Cranch (U. S.) 388; 2 Pars. Mar. Law, 114, 118, note 129.