Levandae navis causa
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
For the purpose of lightening the ship.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
/. For the purpose of lightening the ship.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Por the purpose of lightening the ship. Levant et couohant,/r., Levantes et cubantes, /. (Rising up and lying down.) A term applied to trespassing cattle who have been long enough on the land to have lain down and risen up to feed, — one night, or a night and day, — until which time they could in certain be distrained. tion against a judgment debtor out of bis goods and the profits of his land; superseded h^ fieri facias and elegit.