SEAMEN

Sailors; mariners; persons whose business is navigating ships. Commonly exclusive of the officers of a ship. … [Read more...] about SEAMEN

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

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

English practice. The office at which certain judicial writs are sealed with the prerogative seal, and without which they are of no authority. The officer whose duty it is to seal such writs is called sealer of writs; … [Read more...] about SEAL-OFFICE

Where a party to an action has been ordered to produce a document part of which is either irrelevant to the matters in question or is privileged from production, he may, by leave of the court, seal up that part, If he makes an affidavit stating that it is irrelevant or privileged. Daniell, Ch. Pr. 1681. The sealing up is generally done by fastening pieces of paper over the part … [Read more...] about SEALING UP