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Stevedore

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A person employed In loading and unloading vessels. He has no maritime lien on the ship for wages. Dunl. Adm. Prac. 98.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A person employed in loading and unloading vessels. Dunlap, Adm. Pract. 08. The contract of the stevedore with the ship is unquestionably maritime; Imbrovek v. Hamburg-American Steam Packet Co., 190 Fed. 229; but he has no lien; The John Shay, 81 Fed. 210. See 70 L. R. A. 353, note. See Liens.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A person employed in loaning and unloading vessels. The Senator (D. Ct) 21 Fed. 191; Rankin v. Merchants' & M. Transp. Co., 73 Ga. 232, 54 Am. Rep. 874; The Elton, 83 Fed 521, 31 G. C. A. 496.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A person whose occupation it is to stow packages and goods in a ship's hold. Webster.