Marine

Belonging to the sea; relating to the sea; naval. A soldier employed, or liable to be employed, on vessels of war, under the command of an officer of marines, who acts under the direction of the commander of the ship. See Marine Corps. It is also used as a general term to denote the whole naval power of a state or country.

Naval; relating or pertaining to the sea; transacted at sea; doing duty of servico on the sea. This is also a general name for the navy of a kingdom or state; as also the whole economy of naval affairs, or whatever respects the bullding, rigging, arming, equipping, navigating, and fighting ships. It comprehends also the government of naval armaments, and the state of all the persons employed therein, whether civil or military. Also one of the marines. Wharton. See Dough ten v. Vandever, 5 Del. Ch. 73.

— Marine belt. That portion of the main or open sea, adjacent to the shores of a given country, over which the jurisdiction of its municipal laws and local authorities extends; defined by international law as extending out three miles from the shore. See The Alexander (D. Ct) 60 Fed. 918.

— Marine carrier. By statutes of several states this term is applied to carriers plying upon the ocean, arms of the sea, the Great Lakes, and other navigable waters within the jurisdiction of the United States. Civ. Code Cal. i9O3, § 2087; Rev. & Ann. St Okl. 1903, f 652; Rev. Codes N. D. 1899, f 4176.

— Marine contract. One relating to maritime affairs, shipping, navigation, marine insurance, affreightment, maritime loans, or other business to be done upon the sea or in connection with navigation.

— Marine corps. A body of soldiers enlisted and equipped for service on board vessels of war; also the naval forces of the nation. U. S. v. Dunn, 120 U. S. 249, 7 Sup. Ch 507, 30 L. Ed. 607.
—Marine court iu the city of New York. A local court of New York having original jurisdiction of civil causes, where the action is for personal injuries or defamation, and of other civil actions where the damages claimed do not exceed $2,000. It is a court of record. It was originally created as a tribunal for the settlement of causes between seamen.

— Marine insurance. See Insurance.

— Marine interest. Interest, allowed to be stipulated for at an extraordinary rate, for the use and risk of money loaned on respondentia and bottomry bands.

— Marine leagne. A measure of distance commonly employed at sea, being equal to one-twentieth part of a degree of latitude, or three geographical or nautical miles. See Rockland, etc., S. Co., v. Fessenden, 79 Me. 140, 8 Atl. 552.

— Marine risk. The perils of the sea; the perils necessarily incident to navigation.

— Marine Society. In English law. A charitable instifution for the purpose of apprenticing hoys to the naval service, etc., incorporated by 12 Geo. Ill, c. 67.

Relating to the sea, to navigation, to commerce on the sea, etc. Marine contract: v. Maritime. Marine insurance: a contract of indemnity against the perils of the sea. Marine tort: V. Maritime.

1. Adj. Pertaining to the high seas, to navigation or commerce upon the sea, to the perils of the sea. Compare Maritime. 2. Noun. Any person employed on a vessel to assist in the main purpose of the voyage.

— Marine contract. A maritime contract.

— Marine court. In the city of New York, a court exercising the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace, with cognizance of actions under city laws for penalties from twenty-five to one hundred dollars, and claims for services rendered upon the high seas where the State courts have jurisdiction, though the amount exceeds one hundred dollars. The court exercises no real admiralty powers.

— Marine insurance. See Insurance, Marine.

— Marine interest. Extra interest paid for the loan of money upon bottomry or respondentia bonds.

— Marine league. See League.

— Marine risk. A peril necessarily incident to navigation.

— Marine tort. A maritime tort.

1. Pertaining to the sea; nearly equivalent to maritime. 2. A soldier of that class which are enlisted for employment on board of vessels of war. Marine is a general name for the navy of a kingdom or state; as also for the whole economy of naval affairs, or whatever respects the building, rigging, arming, equipping, navigating, and fighting ships. It also means the government of naval armaments, and the state of all the persons employed therein, whether civil or military; also, a soldier in the sea-service. Whartm. Marines, otherwise called royal marines, board of transports or merchant ships, in which cases they are subject to the annual marine mutiny acts; sometimes on board her majesty's ships-of-war, in which case they are subject to the laws relating to the goyernmeut of her majesty's forces by sea. Mozky ^ W. Marine contract. A contract relating to business to be done at sea, or to matters particularly connected with commerce by vessels;' better styled a maritime contract, q. v. Marine corps. A body of soldiers enlisted and equipped for service on board vessels of war; the aggi'egate force of the marines; also, sometimes, the naval forces of the nation. Marine court. A court in the city of New York, originally constituted chiefly for determination of controversies involving seamen arriving in that port; but now possessing much more general jurisdiction. Marine insurance. Insurance of vessels or their cargoes against perils of navigation. See Insdranck. Marine interest. Extra interest allowed to be reserved where the lender of money towards the necessities of a voyage, secured to be paid by a bottomry bond, assumes the risk of the voyage. Marine league. A measure of distance commonly employed at sea, being equal to one twentieth part of a degree of latitude Marine risk. The perils necessarily incident to navigation constitute the marine risk. Thus, when a vessel is chartered, it may be an important question whether the charterer or the owner bears the marine risk; and when money is loaned on bottomry, a greater interest is allowed, because the lender assumes the marine risk.

Whatever concerns the navigation of the sea, and forms the naval power of a nation is called its marine.