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...]

(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...]

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

Restriction or circumspection; settling an estate or property; a certain time allowed by a statute for litigation. In estates. A limitation, whether made by the express words of the party or existing in intendment of law, circumscribes the continuance of time for which the property is to be enjoyed, and by positive and certain terms, or by reference to some event which possibly … [Read more...]

commerce. Small vessels employed in loading and unloading larger vessels. 2. The owners of lighters are liable, like other common carriers for hire; it is a term of the contract on the part of the carrier or lighterman, implied by law, that his vessel is tight and fit for the purpose or employments for which he offers and holds it forth to the public; it is the immediate … [Read more...]