maritime lien
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 310 U.S. 268 - Dannebrog v. Signal Oil & Gas Co. · 1940Most cited · 346 citing opinions
The origin of the maritime lien is the need of the ship. The lien is given for supplies which are necessary to keep the ship going.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Lien."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Lien.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A lien arising out of damage done by a ship in the course of navigation, as by collision, which attaches to the vessel and freight, and is to be enforced by an action in rem in the admiralty couris. The Unadilla (D. C.) 73 Fed. 351; Paxson v. Cunningham, 63 Fed. 134, 11 C. C. A. Ill; The Underwriter (D. C.) 119 Fed. 715; Stephenson v. The Francis (D. C.) 21 Fed. 719. Maritime liens do not include or require possession. The word "lien" is used in maritime law not in the strict legal sense in which we understand it in courts of common law, in which case there could be no lien where there was no possession, actual or constructive, but to express, as if by analogy, the nafure of claims which neither presuppose nor originate in possession. 22 Eng. Law & Eq. 62,
Defined under Maritime in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A lien arising out sot of damage done by a ship in the course of navigation, as by collision, which attaches to the vessel and freight, and is to be enforced by an action im rem in the admiralty courts.