enrolment
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914)
Definitions from Case Law
From 70 U.S. 566 - The Mohawk · 1865Most cited · 26 citing opinions
The purpose of an enrolment is to evidence the national character of a vessel engaged in the coasting trade or home traffic, and to enable such vessel to procure a coasting license.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The registering or entering on the rolls of chancery, king's bench, common pleas, or exchequer, or by the clerk Of the peace in the records of the quarter sessions, of any lawful act: as, a recognizance, a deed of bargain and sale, and the like. Jacob, Law Diet. For the terms "enrolment" and "registration" as used in the United States merchant shipping laws, see R. S. tit. 50; 21 Stat. L. 271; 18 id. 30; The Mohawk, 3 Wall. (U. S.) 566, 18 L. Ed. 67; Vessel.