Exercitor Navis
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The temporary owner or charterer of a ship.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In the civil law. The employer of a vessel; the person who sent a vessel to sea at his own risk, and received all her earnings; {ad quern quotidianus navis qucestus pertinet; ad quern obventiones et reditus omnes perveniunt.) Inst, 4. 5. 3, Id. 4. 7. 2. Dig. 14. 1. 1. 15. 3 Kent's Com. 161, note (b). Molloy De Jur. Mar. 243. Story on Agency, §§86, 817. The exercitor was bound for the acts of the master ex contractu, and ex delicto. Voet. Com, ad Pand, 14. 1. 7. S JSTent's Com. nb. 9up. Story on Agency, § 163.