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Muster Roll

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In maritime law. A list or account of a ship's company, required to be kept by the master or other person having care of the ship,' containing the names, ages, national.character, and quality of every person employed in the ship. Abb. Shipp. 191, 192; Jacobsen, Sea Laws, 161.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The roll or list of employees on a ship.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A written document containing the names, ages, quality, place of residence, and, above all, place of birth, of every person of the ship’s company. It is of great use in ascertaining the ship’s neutrality. Marsh. Ins. p. 407; Jacobsen, Sea Laws 161; Ketland v. Lebering, 2 Wash. C. C. 201, Fed. Cas. No. 7,744.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Inmaritimelaw. A list or account ofa ship’s company, required to be kept by the master or other person having eure of the ship, containing the name, age, national character, and quality of every person employed in theship. Abb. Shipp. 191, 192; Jac. Sea Laws, 161,

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

maritime law, is a written document containing the names, ages, quality, place of residence, and, above all, place of birth, of every person of the ship’s company. It is of great use in ascertaining the ship’s neutrality. Marsh. Ins. B. I, c. 9, s. 6, p. 407; Jacobs. Sea Laws: 161.