Petty
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Small; inferior. A word framed from the Fr. petit, and sometimes used indiscriminately with it. PETTY AVERAGE (called, also, "customary average"). Several petty charges which are borne partly by the ship and partly by the cargo, such as the expense of tonnage, beaconage, etc.
Abb. Shipp. (7th Ed.) 404; 2 Pars. Mar. Law, 312; 1 Bell, Comm. 567; 2 Magens, 277.
See "Average."
See Average.