The rule that an employer is responsible and liable for the acts of an employee who is performing within the scope of his or her duty for the employer. … [Read more...]

A question that is in dispute between the parties and to be decided in a court of law. … [Read more...]

In old English law. The practice of selling the goods of dead seamen at the mast. Held void. 7 Mod. 141. … [Read more...]

This name is given to persons who furnish materials for the purpose of constructing or erecting ships, houses, and other buildings. 2. By the common law material men have a lien on a foreign ship for supplies of materials furnished for such ship, which may be recovered in the admiralty. 9 Wheat. 409. But they have no lien for furnishing materials for repairs of domestic ships. … [Read more...]

In old records. A decayed house; a wall; the ruins of a building; a certain quantity of land, about four oxgangs. … [Read more...]