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Registered tonnage

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The capacity of a ship as entered on some official record. See 54 Hun, 37, 7 N. Y. Supp. 492.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The registered tonnage of a vessel is the capacity or cubical contents of the ship, or the amount of weight which she wlll carry, as ascertained in some proper manner and entered on an official register or record. See Reck v. Phœnix Ins. Co.., 54 Hun, 637, 7 N. Y. Supp. 492; Wheaton v. Weston (I). C.) 128 Fed. 153 .

Defined under Registered in Black's Law Dictionary.