Materialmen
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Persons who furnish materials to be used in the erection of buildings, ships, etc. By the general American law, materialmen have a lien on a foreign ship (9 Wheat. [U. S.] 409), but not on a domestic ship (20 How. [U. S.] 393). By statute, materialmen have a lien on a building. See "Mechanic's Lien." MATERNA MATERNIS (Lat. from the mother to the mother's).
In French law. A term denoting the descent of property
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Persons who furnish materials to be used in the construction or erection of ships, bouses, or buildings. See Lien. The term is used in connection with those who furnished supplies to railroad companies, as to which see Receivers.