Law Dictionary

The vessel is not subject to a lien for a common debt of the master or owner. It is only under very special circumstances, and in an unforeseen and unexpected emergency, that an im

Marine interest (q. V.)

Jurisdiction in maritime causes; such jurisdiction as belongs to a court of admiralty on the instance side.

Maritime labor agreement.—The term “maritime labor agreement”— (A) means— (i) a collective bargaining agreement between an employer subject to this part, or a group of such employe

Maritime law, the common law of seafaring men, provides an established network of rules and distinctions that are practically suited to the necessities of the sea, just as land-bas

The ordinary maritime privilege or lien, though adhering to the vessel, is a secret one, which may operate to the prejudice of general creditors and purchasers without notice, and

It is nothing more than the right to withhold the goods, and is inseparably associated with his possession, and dependent upon it

A contract or agreement by which one, who is the lender, lends to another, who is the borrower, a certain sum of money, upon condition that, if the thing upon which the loan has be

The maritime 'privilege' or lien is adopted from the civil law, and imports a tacit hypothecation of the subject of it. It is a 'jus in re,' without actual possession or any right

This act excludes property on land from the category of prize for the benefit of captors

A term used by French writers to signify any profit derived from a maritime loan.

Maritime-related services.—The term “maritime-related services” means intermodal operations, terminal operations, cargo solicitation, agency services, ocean transportation intermed

The term “Maritime Security Fleet” means the fleet established under section 53102(a) of title 46 .

A service rendered upon water in connection with some vessel, the preservation of her cargo or crew. Cope V. Dry Dock Co., 16 Fed. 924.

Maritime services.—The term “maritime services” means port-to-port transportation of cargo by vessels operated by an ocean common carrier.

In English law. The officers and enlisted men of the English navy.

of the officers and mariners of the British navy, who are governed by express and permanent laws, or the articles of the navy, established by act of parliament. Defined under Marit

the jurisdiction of the admiralty over a maritime tort does not depend upon the wrong having been committed on board a vessel, but rather upon its having been committed upon the hi

The general doctrine that in contract matters admiralty jurisdiction depends upon the nature of the transaction and in tort matters upon the locality, has been so frequently assert

for a maritime trespass, even though it savours of piracy, the person injured may have his action in personam, and compel appearance by the process of attachment on the goods of th

A husband.

The term “mark” includes any trademark, service mark, collective mark, or certification mark.

1, n. (1) A sign made on paper, instead of a signature. Consists of two lines traced across each other between the Christian name and the surname, with " His " written above, and "

I/. In a statute requiring designated courts " to mark and lay out the bounds and rules of the prisons in their several counties," " which marks and bounds shall be recorded by the

See Marc Banco.

The term "Mark Center Campus" means that area of land (consisting of approximately 16 acres) and improvements thereon, including parking areas, located in Alexandria, Vir

A penny anciently paid at the town of Maldon toy those who had gutters laid or made out of their houses into the streets. Wharton.

The term “marker well” means any well from which natural gas was produced in commercial quantities at any time after January 1, 1970, and before April 20, 1977.

any city, town or village of the Commonwealth, or two or more cities and/or towns and/or villages and surrounding territory designated by the commission as a natural marketing area

A public time and appointed place of buying and selling; also purchase place on one aide only, or during one part of the day only, the other sides being occupied by temples, theate

the mineral can be 'extracted, removed and marketed at a profit

Such things as may be sold in the market; those for which a buyer may be found. —Marketable title. A "marketable title" to land ls such a title as a court of equity, when asked to

For purposes of subsection (d)(5), the term “marketable obligation” means a bond, debenture, note, or certificate, or other evidence of indebtedness (hereinafter in this subsection

The term “marketable securities” means any security for which, as of the date of the disposition, there was a market on an established securities market or otherwise. / The term “m

The term “marketable stock” means— (A) any stock which is regularly traded on— (i) a national securities exchange which is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission or

A title not subject to such reasonable doubt as_ would create a just apprehension of invalidity in the mind of a reasonable, prudent and intelligent person; one that a person of re

any person engaged in the business of (1) buying or selling in commerce live stock at a stockyard on a commission basis or (2) furnishing stockyard services

The term “market area” means a market area determined by the Secretary.

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “market basket percentage increase” means, with respect to cost reporting periods and discharges occurring in a fiscal year, the percent

The term “market clearance” includes— (i) approval of an application under section 355, 357,4 360e, or 360j(g) of this title; (ii) a finding of substantial equivalence under this p

The term “market discount” means the excess (if any) of— (i) the stated redemption price of the bond at maturity, over (ii) the basis of such bond immediately after its acquisition

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term “market discount bond” means any bond having market discount.

In this section, “market dominance” means an absence of effective competition from other rail carriers or modes of transportation for the transportation to which a rate applies.

“market-dominant product” or “product in the market-dominant category of mail” means a product subject to subchapter I of chapter 36;

“marketer” means any person who is in the business of selling fish or fish products in the wholesale, retail, or restaurant trade, but whose primary business function is not the pr

The toll of a market.

The term “marketing” means the sale or other disposition of livestock, livestock products, or meat or meat food products in commerce. / The term “marketing” includes the sale of co

The term “marketing and promotion” means an activity aimed at encouraging the consumption of seafood or expanding or maintaining commercial markets for seafood. / “marketing and pr

including disposition by feeding (in any form) to poultry or livestock which, or the products of which, are sold, bartered, or exchanged.

The term “marketing premises” means, in the case of any franchise, premises which, under such franchise, are to be employed by the franchisee in connection with sale, consignment,

“Marketing year” means, in the case of the following commodities, the period beginning on the first and ending with the second date specified below: Corn, September 1–August 31; Co

the term “market intermediary” means any person that regularly holds itself out as being willing contemporaneously to engage in, and that is regularly engaged in, the business of e

The term “market maker” means any specialist permitted to act as a dealer, any dealer acting in the capacity of block positioner, and any dealer who, with respect to a security, ho

An open or public market; that is, a place appointed by law or custom for the sale of goods and chattels at stated times in public. "An open, public, and legally constituted market

It is the purpose of the First Amendment to preserve an uninhibited marketplace of ideas in which truth will ultimately prevail, rather than to countenance monopolization of that m

Market power is usually stated to be the ability of a single seller to raise price and restrict output, for reduced output is the almost inevitable result of higher prices.

really the 'exchange price.' That an enormous amount of the business of the country which is engaged in the distribution of the commodities grown or produced therein is transacted

A collection of market quotations is a species of property which a court of equity will protect by injunction; [1896] 1 Q. B. 147; Board of Trade of City of Chicago v. Commission C

the term “market rate of interest” means any rate of interest which is equal to or greater than the current average interest rate (as of the last day of the month preceding the fin

The term “market research” means obtaining specific information about the price, quality, and time of delivery of products available in the private sector through a variety of mean

The term “market share” means the share of each manufacturer or importer of a class of tobacco product (expressed as a decimal to the fourth place) of the total volume of domestic

JThe right acqv^lred by a purchaser of a market stall Is in the nature of an easement in, not a t^tle to, a freehold In the land, and such right or easement is limited in duration

Those towns which are entitled to hold markets. 1 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 130.

The value of the vessel lost properly may be taken to be the sum which, considering all the circumstances, probably could have been obtained for her on the date of the collision; t

An owner of lands sought to be condemned is entitled to their 'market value fairly determined.' That value may reflect not only the use to which the property is presently devoted b

or MARKET GELD. The toll of a market.

The ancient German mark was divided into the village, the arable lands, and the common lands; the arable lands were moot was transacted all the business that arose out of the syste

In practice and conveyancing. One who makes his mark; a person who cannot write, and only makes his mark in executing instruments. Archb. N. P. 13; 2 Chit. 92.

STATUTE OF. An important English statute (52 Hen. III. [1267]) relating to the tenures of real property, and to procedure. It derived its name from the town in Wiltshire in which p

STATUTE OF. An English statute enacted in 1267 (52 Hen. It related to land tenures, and to procedure, and to unlawful and excessive distresses.

Marlbridge. 1267, confirming the est, providing penalties of entry in the post, age, etc. Marque ana Heprisal, sovereign or state to property of an offending is now usually issued

The terms "MARPOL", "Annex V", and "Convention" have the meaning given those terms under section 1901(a) of this title. / The terms “MARPOL”, “Annex V

“MARPOL Protocol” means the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, and includes the Convention;

The term “marque” means the trade name used by a separate marketing division of a motor vehicle assembler.

See "Letter of Marque and Reprisal."

marquis. Jn English law. A degree that of duke, — so called from the ancient to guard the marches of the kingdom, Wales and Scotland.

A nobleman next In rank to a duke.

The seigniory of a marquis.

In English law. One of the second order of nobility; next in order to a duke,

the term "Marrakesh Treaty" has the meaning given in section 121A of such title 17. / the term "Marrakesh Treaty" means the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Acces

Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man,' fundamental to our very existence and survival. To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial class

PROMISE OF. A promise of marriage is a contract entered into between a man and woman that they will marry each other.

ROYAL. An act of 12 Geo. III. c. 1 (1772), by which members of the royal family are forbidden to marry without the king’s consent, or except on certain onerous conditions.

The term "marriage and family therapist" means an individual who— (A) possesses a master's or doctor's degree which qualifies for licensure or certification as a marriage

The term "marriage and family therapist services" means services furnished by a marriage and family therapist (as defined in paragraph (2)) for the diagnosis and treatmen

We are dealing here with legislation which involves one of the basic civil rights of man. Marriage and procreation are fundamental to the very existence and survival of the race.

in order to bring collateral relatives within the reach and influence of the consideration, there must be something over and above that flowing from the immediate parties to the ma

The act by which a third person, for a consideration, negotiates a marriage between a man and woman. The money paid for such services is also known by this name. Helien v. Anderson

The act by which a person interferes, for a consideration to be received by him, between a nian and a woman, for the purpose of promoting a marriage between them. 88 111. App. 509.

The form, religious or civil, for the solemnization of a marriage.

The consideration furnished by an intended marriage of two persons. It is the highest consideration known to the law.

Marriage in fact, as distinguished from a ceremonial marriage, may be proven in various ways. ... a legal marriage may be established in other ways. It may be shown by what is call

A license required in some states to be obtained from a public officer by persons intending to marry.

A book kept, in England, by the registrar, in which applications for and issue of registrar's licenses to marry are recorded.

An informal marriage by contract per verba de praesenti constituted a marriage at common law... 'It is not necessary to prove the contract itself; it is sufficient if the facts of

That property which is given to a woman on her marriage. See "Dowry."

Betrothal; engagement to intermarry with another. Perry v. Orr, 35 N. J. Law, 296.

An agreement made by the parties in contemplation of marriage, by which the title to certain property is changed, and the property to some extent becomes inalienable. 1 Rice, Eq. (

Marriages not polygamous or incestuous, or otherwise declared void by statute, will, if valid by the law of the state where entered into, be recognized as valid in every other juri

The terms 'married,' or 'who shall be married,' do not refer, in our judgment, to the time when the ceremony of marriage is celebrated, but to a state of marriage. They mean that,