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SHOPA

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In old records, a shop. Cowell. … [Read more...]

SHIP BROKER

TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.

One who transacts business between the owners of vessels and merchants who send cargoes. … [Read more...]

SHOPLIFTING

TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.

Petty theft, stealing goods from a retail store usually by trying to conceal the goods and leaving the premises. … [Read more...]

SHIP DAMAGES

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In the charter parties with the English East India Company, these words occur; their meaning is damage from negligence, insufficiency or bad stowage in the ship. … [Read more...]

SHORE

TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.

Land on the margin of the sea, or a lake or river. In common parlance, the word "shore" is understood to mean the line that separates the tide water from the land about it, wherever that line may be, and in whatever stage of the tide. The word "shore," in its legal and technical sense, indicates the lands adjacent to navigable waters, where the tide flows and reflows, which at … [Read more...]

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