(A) mar. law. The book kept on board of a ship or other vessel, which contains an account of the ship’s course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. Another name for logbook. Chit. Law of Nat. 199. (B) mar. law. The book kept on board of a ship or other vessel, which contains an account of the ship’s course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. Another name for logbook. Chit. Law of Nat. 199. (C) common law. A book used among merchants, in which the contents of the waste-book are separated every month, and entered on the debtor and creditor side, for more convenient posting in the ledger. (D) legislation. An account of the proceedings of a legislative body. 2. The Constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 5, directs that each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings; and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy. Vide 2 Story, Const., 301. 3. The constitutions of the several states contain similar provisions. 4. The journal of either house is evidence of the action of that house upon all matters before it.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
A daily book; a book in which entries are made or events recorded from day to day. In maritime law, the journal (otherwise called “log” or “log-book”) is a book kept on every vessel, which contains a brief record of the events and occurrences of each day of a voyage, with the nautical observations, course of the ship, account of the weather, etc. In the system of double-entry book-keeping, the journal is an account-book into which are transcribed, daily or at other intervals, the items entered upon the day-book, for more convenient posting into the ledger. In the usage of legislative bodies, the journal is a dally record of the proceedings of either house. It is kept by the clerk, and in it are entered the appointments and actions of committees, introduction of bills, motions, votes, resolutions, etc., in the order of their occurrence.