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A small vessel used in loading and unloading ships and steamers. The Mamie (D. C.) 5 Fed. 818; Reed v. Ingham, 26 Eng. Law & Eq. 167. … [Read more...] about LIGHTER

In Roman law. An officer who had charge of a harbor or port. Dig. 50, 4, 18, 10; Cod. 7, 16, 38. LIMIT, v. To mark out; to define; to fix the extent of. Thus, to limit an estate means to mark out or to define the period of its duration, and the words employed in deeds for this purpose are thence termed "words of limitation," and the act itself is termed "limiting the estate." … [Read more...] about LIMENARCHA

The business of transferring merchandise to and from vessels by means of lighters; also the compensation or price demanded for such service. Western Transp. Co. v. Hawley, 1 Daly (N. Y.) 327. … [Read more...] about LIGHTERAGE

(verb) - To mark out; to define; to fix the extent of. Thus, to limit an estate means to mark out or to define the period of its duration, and the words employed In deeds for this purpose are thence termed "words of limitation," and the act itself ia termed "limiting the estate."(noun) - A bound; a restraint; a circumscription; a boundary … [Read more...] about LIMIT

The master or owner of a lighter. He is liable as a common carrier. … [Read more...] about LIGHTERMAN