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property. That space of land, on the border of the sea, which is alternately covered and left dry, by the rising and falling of the tide or, in other words, that space of land between high and low water mark. 2. Generally, the sea shore belongs to the public. 3. By the Roman law, the shore included the land as far as the greatest wave extended in winter … [Read more...] about SEA SHORE

In Louisiana. Seals are placed upon the effects of a deceased person, in certain cases, by a public officer, as a method of taking official custody of the succession. See SEALING. … [Read more...] about SEALS

The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads (or wampum) which passed among the Indians as money. Webster. … [Read more...] about SEA WAN

A sailor; a mariner; one whose business is navigation. The term seamen, in it most enlarged sense, includes the captain a well as other persons of the crew; in a more confined signification, it extends only to the common sailors; are considered, as to their rights to sue in the admiralty, as common seamen; and persons employed on board of steamboats and lighters, engaged in … [Read more...] about SEAMAN

A species of grass which grows in the sea. 2. When cast upon land, it belongs to the owner of the land adjoining the sea shore; upon the grounds, that it increases gradually, that it is useful as manure and a protection to the ground, and that it is some compensation for the encroachments of the sea upon the land. … [Read more...] about SEA WEED