Nautical Assessors
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Persons experienced in navigation, who are called upon by an admiralty judge to sit with him in cases involving questions of correct navigation, and advise him thereon. 2 Curt. C. C. (U. S.) 369.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Experienced shipmasters or other persons having special knowledge of navigation and nautical affairs, who are called to the assistance of a court of admiralty in difficult cases involving questions of negligence, and who sit with the judge during the argument and give their advice upon questions of seamanship or the weight of testimony. The Empire, 19 Fed. 559.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Experienced shipmasters, or other persons having special knowledge of navigatiou and nautical affairs, who are called to the assistance of a court of admiralty, in difficult cases involving questions of negligence, and who sit with the judge during the argument, and give their advice upon questions of seamanship or the weight of testimony. The Empire (D. C.) 19 Fed. 559; The Clement, 2 Curt. 369, Fed. Cas. No. 2,879.
Defined under Nautical in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Experienced shipmasters, or other persons having special knowledge of navigation and nautical affairs, who are called to the assistance of a court of admiralty, in difficult cases invelying questions of negligence, and who sit with the judge during the argument, and give their advice upon questions of seamanship or the weight of testimony. 19 Fed, Rep. 559; 2 Curt. 369.