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Displace

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Used in shipping articles, and, when applied to an officer, meaning properly to disrate, not to discharge. Potter v. Smith, 103 Mass. 68.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

This term, as used in shipping articles, means "disrate," and does not import authority of the master to discharge a second mate, notwithstanding a usage in the whaling trade never to disrate an officer to a seaman. Potter v. Smith, 103 Mass. 68.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

In shipping articles, to disrate; not, to discharge.'