Law Dictionary

The marginal sea is a national, not a state concern. National interests, national responsibilities, national concerns are involved. The problems of commerce, national defense, rela

wells which, if their low productive capacity were legally curtailed, would have to be prematurely abandoned

The term "margin payment" means, for purposes of the forward contract provisions of this title, payment or deposit of cash, a security or other property, that is commonly

as used in a deed executed by the governor and auditor of Indiana, and conveying to the purchaser all the right, title, and interest of the state to a certain canal, "including its

t/r. In old English and feudal law. The right of marriage;

I. fr. To marry. Marie: married. Marie ou dismarie: married or unmarried.

(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the terms "marihuana" and "marijuana" mean all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof

(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the terms "marihuana" and "marijuana" mean all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof

A mariner.

An ancient word which signified a mariner or seaman. In England, marinarius capitaneus was the admiral or warden of the ports.

Pertaining or relating to the sea or to the navigation thereof.

“marine and coastal waters” means estuaries, waters of the estuarine zone, including wetlands, any other waters seaward of the historic height of tidal influence, the territorial s

The term “marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy” means energy derived from— (i) waves, tides, and currents in oceans, estuaries, and tidal areas, (ii) free flowing water in rive

That portion of the main or open sea, adjacent to the shores of a given country, over which the jurisdiction of its municipal laws and local authorities extends; defined by interna

By statutes of several states this term is applied to carriers plying upon the ocean, arms of the sea, the Great Lakes, and other navigable waters within the jurisdiction of the Un

The term “marine casualty” means a marine casualty that is required to be reported pursuant to paragraph (3), (4), or (5) of section 6101 2 of title 46. / The term “marine casualty

One which relates to business done or transacted upon the sea and in seaports, and over which the courts of admiralty have jurisdiction concurrent with the courts of common law. Se

The term “Marine Corps” means the United States Marine Corps. It includes the Regular Marine Corps, the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, and the Marine Corps Reserve. / The term "M

The term “Marine Corps Historical Center” means the archive for historical records and materials of the Marine Corps that the Secretary of the Navy designates as the primary archiv

In the city of New York, a court exercising the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace, with cognizance of actions under city laws for penalties from twenty-five to one hundred dol

The term “marine debris” means any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandone

The term "marine debris event" means an event or related events that affects or may imminently affect the United States involving— (A) marine debris caused by a natural e

The term "marine energy" means energy from— (A) waves, tides, and currents in oceans, estuaries, and tidal areas; (B) free flowing water in rivers, lakes, streams, and ma

“marine environment” means those areas of coastal and ocean waters, the Great Lakes and their connecting waters, and submerged lands over which the United States exercises jurisdic

The term “Marine Fisheries Commission” means the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission, or the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Co

The term "Marine Fisheries Commissions" means— (A) the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission; (B) the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; and (C) the Pacific S

The term "marine highway transportation" means the carriage by a documented vessel of cargo (including such carriage of cargo and passengers), if such cargo— (A) is— (i)

A contract of indemnity by which one party, for a stipulated premium, undertakes to indemnify the other, to the extent of the amount insured, against all perils of the sea, or cert

The term “marine insurance companies” means any persons, companies, or associations, authorized to write marine insurance or reinsurance under the laws of the United States or of a

Marine interest is allowable, though exceeding the rate of legal interest, as a compensation, not for forbearance, but for the risk which the lender assumes, by which both principa

A measure of distance commonly employed at sea, being equal to one-twentieth part of a degree of latitude, or three geographical or nautical miles. See Rockland, etc., S. Co., v. F

a distance of three geographical miles.

The term “marine mammal” means any mammal which (A) is morphologically adapted to the marine environment (including sea otters and members of the orders Sirenia, Pinnipedia and Cet

The term “marine mammal product” means any item of merchandise which consists, or is composed in whole or in part, of any marine mammal.

The term “marine mineral resource” means— (A) sand and aggregates; (B) placers; (C) phosphates; (D) manganese nodules; (E) cobalt crusts; (F) metal sulfides; (G) for purposes of th

“Marine or aquatic park system resource” means any living or non-living part of a marine or aquatic regimen within or is a living part of a marine or aquatic regimen within the bou

The court can find in the books no case which would justify the establishment of the principle, that the loss of the cargo constitutes a technical loss of the vessel, and must ther

"marine pollution control device" means, except as provided in subsection (p), any equipment or management practice, for installation or use on board a vessel of the Arme

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

See Insurance; Risks AND Perils.

A body of infantry soldiers, trained to serve on board of vessels of war when in commission and to fight in naval engagements.

“marine sanitation device” includes any equipment for installation on board a vessel which is designed to receive, retain, treat, or discharge sewage, and any process to treat such

In English law. A charitable instifution for the purpose of apprenticing hoys to the naval service, etc., incorporated by 12 Geo. Ill, c. 67.

an area which includes piers, which is used primarily for the moving, warehousing, distributing or packing of waterborne freight or freight to or from such piers, and which, inclus

Marine terminal operator.—The term “marine terminal operator” means a person engaged in the United States in the business of providing wharfage, dock, warehouse, or other terminal

A maritime tort.

marine torts are in the nature of trespasses upon the person or upon personal property, and they may be prosecuted in personam in any district where the offending party resides, or

The term “marine turtle” means any member of the family Cheloniidae or Dermochelyidae. / The term “marine turtle” includes— (i) any part, product, egg, or offspring of a turtle des

An officer in Scotland, who, with the lord high constable, possessed a supreme itinerant jurisdiction in all crimes committed within a certain space of the court, wherever it might

A marshy or fenny ground. Co. Litt. 5a.

7 Coke, 13. The connection of male and female is by the law of nature.

The union of the male and the female is according to the law of nature.

An obsolete writ for the tenant in frank marriage to recover lands, etc., of which he was deforced. MARITAGIUM (Lat.) A portion given with a daughter in marriage. had, under certai

Marriage.

Marriage is either frank-marriage or obligated with service; it is called frank-marriage when the giver wills it that land so given be secure and free from all secular service.

Co. Litt. 21. A marriage portion is either free or bound to service; it is called "frank-marriage" when the giver wills that land thus given be exempt from all secular service.

To have the free disposal of an heiress in marriage.

That which belongs to marriage; as, marital rights, marital duties.

Coercion of the wife by the husband.

The basis of the immunity given to communications between husband and wife is the protection of marital confidences, regarded as so essential to the preservation of the marriage re

Every marriage contracted in this State superinduces, of right, partnership or community of acquets or gains, if there be no stipulation to the contrary… A marriage contracted out

a marital deduction is allowable only to the extent that the property bequeathed to the surviving spouse exceeds in value the property such spouse is required to relinquish.

In Louisiana. The name given to that part of the deceased husband's estate to which the widow is entitled. Civ. Code La. 334, art. 55; 3 Mart. (La.; N. S.) 1.

The rights of succession and reasonable share do not differ significantly from the husband's obligations of support and alimony. They all partake more of a personal liability of th

In old English law. The emolument or revenue coming to the king from the sea, which the sheriffs anciently collected, but which was afterwards granted to the admiral. Spelman.

In old English law. Marine increases; lands gained from the sea. Hale de Jur. Mar. pt. 1, c. 4.

For some cause arising out of a maritime matter. 1 Pet. Adm. 92. Said to be Selden’s translation of the French definition of admiralty jurisdiction, “pour le fait dela mer.” Id.

Pertaining to the sea. Ordinarily, the term is synonjmious with "marine."

In this section, the term “Maritime Administration authorization request” means a proposal for legislation that, for a fiscal year— (1) recommends authorizations of appropriations

A maritime contract is 'maritime and local,' in the sense that the application of state law would not disturb the uniformity of maritime law, where the federal maritime interest is

In this section the term “maritime archeology” includes the curation, preservation, and display of maritime artifacts.

That part of the sea which, in contradistinction to the open sea, is under the sway of the riparian states. Louisiana v. Mississippi, 202 U. S. 1, 26 Sup. Ct. 4^)8, 671, 60 L. Ed.

A cause arising from a maritime contract, whether made at sea or on land. The term includes such causes as relate to the business, commerce, or navigation of the sea; as charter pa

A cause of action originating on the high seas, or growing out of a maritime contract. 1 Kent, Comm. 367, eb seq.

all maritime claims upon the vessel extend equally to the proceeds arising from its sale, and are to be satisfied out of them

A contract for building a ship or supplying engines, timber, or other materials for her construction, is clearly not a maritime contract.

See 88 U. S. 532, 22 L. Ed. 487.

charter-parties and contracts of affreightment are 'maritime contracts' within the true meaning and construction of the Constitution and act of Congress, and cognizable in courts o

A court of admiralty jurisdiction.

only "the stevedoring activity of the longshore gang (and those directly involved with the gang) which, in the case of unloading, takes cargo out of the hold of the vessel, moves i

A bottomry mortgage. See Bottomry .

The vessel is not subject to a lien for a common debt of the master or owner. It is only under very special circumstances, and in an unforeseen and unexpected emergency, that an im

Marine interest (q. V.)

Jurisdiction in maritime causes; such jurisdiction as belongs to a court of admiralty on the instance side.

Maritime labor agreement.—The term “maritime labor agreement”— (A) means— (i) a collective bargaining agreement between an employer subject to this part, or a group of such employe

Maritime law, the common law of seafaring men, provides an established network of rules and distinctions that are practically suited to the necessities of the sea, just as land-bas

The ordinary maritime privilege or lien, though adhering to the vessel, is a secret one, which may operate to the prejudice of general creditors and purchasers without notice, and

It is nothing more than the right to withhold the goods, and is inseparably associated with his possession, and dependent upon it

A contract or agreement by which one, who is the lender, lends to another, who is the borrower, a certain sum of money, upon condition that, if the thing upon which the loan has be

The maritime 'privilege' or lien is adopted from the civil law, and imports a tacit hypothecation of the subject of it. It is a 'jus in re,' without actual possession or any right

This act excludes property on land from the category of prize for the benefit of captors

A term used by French writers to signify any profit derived from a maritime loan.

Maritime-related services.—The term “maritime-related services” means intermodal operations, terminal operations, cargo solicitation, agency services, ocean transportation intermed

The term “Maritime Security Fleet” means the fleet established under section 53102(a) of title 46 .

A service rendered upon water in connection with some vessel, the preservation of her cargo or crew. Cope V. Dry Dock Co., 16 Fed. 924.

Maritime services.—The term “maritime services” means port-to-port transportation of cargo by vessels operated by an ocean common carrier.

In English law. The officers and enlisted men of the English navy.

of the officers and mariners of the British navy, who are governed by express and permanent laws, or the articles of the navy, established by act of parliament. Defined under Marit

the jurisdiction of the admiralty over a maritime tort does not depend upon the wrong having been committed on board a vessel, but rather upon its having been committed upon the hi

The general doctrine that in contract matters admiralty jurisdiction depends upon the nature of the transaction and in tort matters upon the locality, has been so frequently assert