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(Seamen's Fund) By the act of July 16, 1798, a provision is made for raising a fund for the relief of disabled and sick seamen: the master of every vessel arriving from a foreign port into the United States is required to pay to the collector of customs at the rate of twenty cents per month for every seaman employed on board of his vessel, which sum he may, retain out of the … [Read more...] about SEAMENS FUND

(A) A stamping device that leaves an impression on paper that is used to permanently mark documents with an official sign that authenticates the signer. For example, corporations and notaries usually have seals. (B) To conceal from the public record, to seal the record shut so that it may not be viewed. For example, a juvenile offender's record may be sealed so that the … [Read more...] about SEAL

In French law. A session; as of some public body. … [Read more...] about SEANCE

government. The seal used by the United States in congress assembled, shall be the seal of the United States, viz.: ARMS, pale-ways of thirteen pieces argent and gules; a chief azure; the escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle displayer proper, holding in his dexter talon, an olive branch, and in his sinister, a bundle of thirteen arrows, all proper, and in his beak a … [Read more...] about SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES

(A) crim. law. An examination of a man's house, premises or person, for the purpose of discovering proof of his guilt in relation to some crime or misdemeanor of which be is accused. 2. The constitution of the United. States, amendments, art. 4, protects the people from unreasonable searches and seizures. 3. By the act of March 2, 1799, s. 68, 1 Story's L. U. S. 632, it is … [Read more...] about SEARCH