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(A) crim. law. A robbery or forcible depreciation on the high seas, without lawful authority, done animo furandi, in the spirit and intention of universal hostility. 5 Wheat. 153, 163; 3 Wheat. 610; 3 Wash. C. C. R. 209. This is the definition of this offence by the law of nations. 1 Kent, Com. 183. The word is derived from peira deceptio, deceit or deception: or from peiron … [Read more...] about PIRACY

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A particular officer serving on board a ship during the course of a voyage, and having the charge of the helm and the ship's route; or a person taken on board at any particular place for the purpose of conducting a ship through a river, read, or channel, or from or into a port. Branch pilot. One possessing a license, commission, or certificate of competency issued by the proper … [Read more...] about PILOT

A person who lives by piracy; one guilty of the crime of piracy. A sea robber, who, to enrich himself, by subtlety or open force, setteth upon merchants and others trading by sea, despoiling them of their loading, and sometimes bereaving them of life and sinking their ships. Ridley, Civil & Ecc. Law, pt. 2, c. 1, … [Read more...] about PIRATE

Corporate law requires that a corporation be treated as it's own entity, separate from the shareholders. Shareholders are shielded from personal liability in the absence of a violation corporate law, such as an ultra vires act, e.g. commingling the assets of the corporation with the personal assets of shareholders. Should such an ultra vires act occur, the law allows for a … [Read more...] about PIERCING THE CORPORATE VEIL