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...]

The misrepresentation or fraudulent concealment of an important fact that, if the purchaser had known the truth about that fact, the purchaser may not have completed the transaction. … [Read more...]

The officer second in command on a merchant vessel. Ely v. Peck, 7 Conn. 242; Millaudon v. Martin, 6 Rob. (La.) 539. … [Read more...]

A witness that has relevant and significant information to share about an issue being adjudicated in court, typically one who has important information that may not be possessed by others. A key or important witness. A court will usually extend efforts, in order to effectuate justice, to make sure that a material witness to a case is able to testify. … [Read more...]