Mariner

One whose occupation it is to navigate vessels upon the sea. Surgeons, engineers, clerks, stewards, cooks, porters, and chamber maids, on passenger steamers, when necessary for the service of the ship or crew, are also deemed mariners, and permitted as such to sue in the admiralty for their wages. 1 Conkl. Adm. 107. See "Seaman." MARIS ET FOEMINAE CONJUNCTIO est de jure naturae. The union of male and female is founded on the law of nature. 7 Coke, 13.

One whose occupation it is to navigate vessels upon the sea. Surgeons, engineers, clerks, stewards, cooks, porters, and chambermaids, on passenger-steamers, when necessary for the service of the ship or crew, are also deemed mariners, and permitted as such to sue in the admiralty courts for their wages. 1 Conkl. Adm. 107. See Spinettl v. S. S. Co., 80 N. Y. 71, 36 Am. Rep. 579; 1 llagg. Adm. 187. The term includes masters, mates, sailors, surveyors, carpenters, coopers, stewards, cooks, cabin boys, kitchen boys, e^igineers, pilots, firemen, deck hands, and waiters — women as well as men. Bened. Adm. § 278. Those employed u^n a vessel in any capacity, however humbie, and whose labor contributes in any degree, however slight, to the accomplishment of the main object; in which the vessel is engaged, are clothed by the law with the legal rights of mariners, “no matter what be their sex, character, station, or How. (U. S.) 89, 12 L. Ed. 618; Spinettt v. I S. S. Co., 80 N. Y. 80, 36 Am. Rep. 679. Mariners wfto receive for their wages a share in the profits of the voyage are not thereby made partners either as to rights or liabilities; Chapliue v. Conant, 8 W. Va. 507, 100 Am. Dee. 766. See Seamen; Lien; Shipping Abticles. MARITAGiO AMISSO PER DEFALTAM,. An obsolete writ for the tenant in frank marriage to recover lands, etc., of which he was deforced. MARITAGIUM (Lat). A marriage portion given by a man, usualiy to his daughter, or near relative. 8 Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 95. See Feudal Law.

A person employed on a ship in any capacity having to do with her equipment or preservation, or with the welfare of the crew. Maris et feminse conjunctio est de jure naturae, I. The union of male and female is founded on the law of nature.

<A seaman or sailor; one engaged in navigating yessels upon the sea.

Includes cooks, stewards, carpenters, coopers, and firemen, as well as sailors; all on board the vessel employed in her equipment, her preservation, or the preservation of the crew, are denominated, seamen. Wolverton ». Lacey, 8 Monthly Laic Rep. N. s. 672. Manner, in the statute allowing nuncupative wills, applies to every person in the naval or mercantile service, from the common seaman to the captain or admiral. Gwm's Will, 1 Tuck. 44. It applies to the cook or purser, as well as to the sailor. Exp. Thompson, 4 Bradf. men, yet they may be regarded as " persons enlisted for the navy," witliin the meaning of the act of 1837, which gives a premium for re-enlistment. Wilkes v. Dinsman, 7 How. 89. Foreigners, while employed as seamen in the merchant ships of the United States, are deemed to be " mariners and seamen of the United States," within the language and policy of the act of congress of Feb. 28, 1803 (2 Stat, at L. 203), which provides for destitute seamen in foreign ports. Matthews V. Offley, 3 Sumn. 115.

Vide Seamer; Shipping articles.