pilotage
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)
Definitions from Case Law
From 73 U.S. 31 - Steamship Company v. Portwardens · 1867Most cited · 71 citing opinions
Pilotage is compensation for services performed.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The compensation given to a pilot for conducting a vessel in or out of port. Poth. des Avaries, note 147. Pilotage is a lien on the ship, when the contract has been made by the master or quasi master of the ship, or some other person lawfully authorized to make it (1 Mason [U. S.] 598; 32 Fed. 486), and the admiralty court has jurisdiction when services have been performed at sea (Id.; 10 Wheat. tU. S.] 428; 6 Pet. [U. S.] 682; 10 Pet. [U. S.] 108). And see 1 Pet. Adm. Dec. (U. S.) 227.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The compensation given to a pilot for conducting a vessel in or out of port. Pothier, Dos Avaries, n. 147. Pilotage is a lien on the ship, when the contract has been made by the master or qua si-master of the ship or some other person lawfully authorized to make it; The Anne, 1 Mas. 508, Fed. Cas. No. 412; see The Pirate, 32 Fed. 486; and the admiralty court has jurisdiction when services have been performed at sea; The Thomas Jefferson, 10 Wheat. (U. S.) 428, 6 L. Ed. 358; Rened. Adm. § 289; The Lord Clive, 10 Fed. 135. The statutes of the several states regulating the subject of pilotage are, in view of the numerous acts of congress recognizing and adopting them, to be regarded as constitutionally made, until congress supersedes them; Cooley v. Board of Wardens, 12 How. (U. S.) 312, 13 L. Ed. 996; Re Mc Neil, 13 Wall. (U. S.) 236, 20 L. Ed. 624.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The charge or compensation allowed for piloting a vessel.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Commebce. A libel in rem may be maintained for fees allowed for pilotage services tendered in accordance with the provisions of a State statute, but declined by the master of the vessel." See Conspikaoy; Ship, 2.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
contracts, is_ the compensation given to a pilot for conducting a vessel in or out of port. Poth. Des Avaries, n. 147.