Bigley v. New York & P. R. S. S. Co
Categories: International Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
(D. C.) 105 Fed. 74. But the term is also applied to a port in any state other than the state where the vessel belongs or her owner resides. ‘The Canada (D. nee Fed. 124; The Lulu, 10 Wall. 200, 19 L. Ed. 906; Negus v. Simpson, 99 Mass. 893.—Home port. The port at which a vessel is registered or enrolled or where the owner resides.—Port charges, dues, or tolls. Pecuniary exactions upon vessels availing themselves of the commercial conveniences and privileges of a port.—Port-greve. The chief mage istrate of a sea-port town is sometimes so cal
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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