(Ship’s Papers) Those documents which are required on board of neutral ships, as evidence of their neutrality, These are the passports, sea-letter, muster-roll, charter party, bill of lading, invoices, log book, bill of health, register, and papers containing proofs of property. 2. The want of these papers, or either of them, renders the character of a vessel suspicious.
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