Dock

A dock is defined by philologists, according to the American use of the term, to be 'the space between wharves.

As a noun, the Inclosed space occupied by prisoners in a criminal court; the space between two wharves. As a verb, to curtail or diminish, as to dock an entail.

The enclosed space occupied by prisoners in a criminal court The space between two wharves. See City ton v. Lecraw, 17 How. (D S.) B4, 15 L. Ed. 118. The owner of a dork is liable to a person who, by Ins invitation, and in the exercise of due '-are, places a vessel in the dock, for injury to the vessel caused by a defect thereon which the owner negligently allows to exist; Nickerson V. Tirrell, 127 Mass. 236.

n. The cage or inclosed space in a criminal court where prisoners stand when brought in for trial. The space, in a river or harbor, Inclosed between two wharves. City of Boston v. Lecraw, 17 How. 434, 15 L. Ed. 118; Bingham v. Doane, 9 Ohio, 107. "A dock is an artificial basin in connection with a harbor, used for the reception of vessels in the taking on or discharging of their cargoes, and provided with gates for preventing the rise and fall of the waters occasioned by the tides, and keeping a uniform level within the docks." Perry v. Haines, 191 U. S. 17, 24 Sup. Ct. 8, 48 In Ed. 73.

— Dockage. A charge against vessels for the privilege of mooring to the wharves or in the slips. People v. Roberts, 92 Cal. 659, 28 Pac. 689. A pecuniary compensation for the use of a dock while a vessel is undergoing repairs. Ives v. The Buckeye State, 13 Fed Cas. i84.

— Dock-master. An officer invested with powers within the docks, and a certam distance therefrom, to direct the mooring and removing of ships, so as to prevent obstruction to the dock entrances. Mozley & Whitley.

— Dock warrant. In English law. A warrant given by dock-owners to the owner of merchandise imported and warehoused on the dock, upon the faith of the bills of lading, as a recognition of his title to the goods. It is a negotiable instrument. Pull. Port of London, p. 375.

An enclosed place in a criminal court, occupied by a prisoner brought in for trial; the space between two wharves.

v. To curiail or diminish, as to dock an entail.

i 1, V. To clip, cut off a part: to iminish. Dock an account. To deduct something rom a particular account. Dock an entail. To curtail, destroy, deeat an estate tail. 2, n. (1) The space between wharves. Vhence dockage: a charge for the use of a ock;2 dock-master; dock-warrant. See Vharf. The occupant of a dock is liable in damages to a erson who, while using it, is injured in consequence C a defect permitted to exist, provided the injured erson exercised due care.^ A dry-dock is not a subject of salvage service. The let that it floats does not make it a " vessel," which nly Is a subject of salvage.* (2) A space inclosed within a court room, or occupancy by an accused person while in ourt awaiting trial or sentence: the prisner's dock.