In maritime law. A known general station for ships, notoriously used as such, and distinguished by the name; and hot any spot where an anchor swill find bottom and fix itself. 1 C. Rob. Adm. 232. … [Read more...]

Properly the final adjournment of the court for the term, though the term is also sometimes used to express the cessation of judicial business for the day or for a recess; it is the opposite of "sitting" or "session." See State v. Weaver, 11 feb. 163, 8 Ni Wi 865. … [Read more...]

A disease among horses occasioned by the circumstance of the neck of the windpipe being too narrow for accelerated respiration; the disorder is frequently produced by sore throat or other topical inflammation. 2. A horse affected with this malady is rendered less serviceable, and he is therefore unsound. … [Read more...]

In insurance law; the danger or hazard of a loss of the property insured; the casualty contemplated in a contract of insurance; the degree of hazard; and, colloquially, the specific house, factory, ship, etc., covered by the policy. Risks of navigation. It is held that this term is not the equivalent of "perils of navigation," but is of more comprehensive import than the … [Read more...]

In old English law. A robber. Robbatores et buralatores, robbers and burglars. Bract fol. 115b. … [Read more...]