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The duty for maintaining piers and harbors. … [Read more...] about PIERAGE

punishment. wooden machine in which the neck of the culprit is inserted. 2. This punishment has been superseded by the adoption of the penitentiary system in most of the states. Vide 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 797. The punishment of standing in the pillory, so far as the same was provided by the laws of the United States, was abolished by the act of congress of February 27, 1839 … [Read more...] about PILLORY

(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

Pierce Law Review … [Read more...] about Pierce L. Rev.

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