A watch, consisting of a small number of men, (from one to four,) kept constantly on deck while the vessel is riding at single anchor, to see that the stoppers, painters, cables, and buoy ropes are ready for immediate use. The Lady Franklin, 2 Lowell, 220, Fed. Cas. No. 7,984. … [Read more...] about ANCHOR WATCH
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AN ET JOUR
Fr. Year and day; a year and a day. … [Read more...] about AN ET JOUR
ANCHORAGE
In English law. A prestation or toll for every anchor cast from a ship in a port; and sometimes, though there be no anchor. Hale, de Jure Mar. pt. 2, c 6. See 1 W. Bl. 413 et seq.; 4 Term. 262. … [Read more...] about ANCHORAGE
AN JOUR ET WASTE
See Year, day, and waste. … [Read more...] about AN JOUR ET WASTE
ANCIENT
Old; that which has existed from an indefinitely early period, or which by age alone has acquired certain rights or privileges accorded in view of long continuance. Ancient deed. A deed 30 years old and shown to come from a proper custody and having nothing suspicious about it is an "ancient deed" and may be admitted in evidence without proof of its execution. Havens v. … [Read more...] about ANCIENT