contracts. A writing in which is set down the names of passengers, who are carried in a public conveyance, or the description of goods sent with a common carrier by land; when the goods are carried by water, the instrument is called a bill of lading. … [Read more...]

estates. A passage, street or road. A right of way is a privilege which an individual or a particular description of persons, such as the inhabitants of a particular place, or the owners or occupiers of such place may have, of going over another person's ground. 2. It is an incorporeal hereditament of a real nature, a mere easement, entirely different from public or private … [Read more...]

A duty anciently paid twice a year towards the charge of wax candles in churches. Spelman. … [Read more...]

This name is given to such goods as after shipwreck appear upon the waves. … [Read more...]

A mark indicating the highest point to which water, rises, or the lowest point to which it sinks. High-water mark. This term is properly applicable only to tidal waters, and designates the line on the shore reached by the water at the high or flood tide. But it is sometimes also used with reference to the waters of artificial ponds or lakes, treated by dams in un-navigaole … [Read more...]