Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

SHIPPED

SHIFTING USE

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in the course of which voyage arms are some times carried for safety. 1 Wall. Jr. 368. SHIP-DAMAGE. In the charter-parties with the English East India Company, these words occur. Their meaning is, damage from negligence, insufficiency, or bad stow age in the ship. Abb. Shipp. 204. SHIP-MASTER. The captain or master of a merchant ship, appointed and put in command by the owner, and having general control of the vessel and cargo, with power to bind the owner by his lawful acts and engagements in the management of the ship. SHIP-MONEY. In English law. An imposition formerly levied on port-towns and other places for fitting out ships; revived by Charles I., and abolished in the same reign. 17 Car. I. c. 14. SHIP'S BILL. The copy of the bill of lading retained by the master is called the "ship's bill." It is not authoritative as to the terms of the contract of affreightment; the bill delivered to the shipper must control, if the two do not agree. 14 Wall. 98. SHIP'S HUSBAND. In maritime law. A person appointed by the several part-own ers of a ship, and usually one of their num ber, to manage the concerns of the ship for the common benefit. Generally understood to be the general agent of the owners in re gard to all the affairs of the ship in the home port. Story, Ag. § 35; 3 Kent, Comm. 151. SHIP'S PAPERS. The papers which must be carried by a vessel on a voyage, in order to furnish evidence of her national character, the nature and destination ot the cargo, and of compliance with the navigation laws. The ship's papers are of two sorts: Those required by the law of a particular country; such as the certificate of registry, licens«, charter-party, bills of lading and of health, required by the law of England to be on board all British ships. Those required by the law of nations to be on bodrd neutral ships, to vindicate their title to that charac ter; these are the passport, sea-brief, or sea letter, proofs of property, the muster-roll or rdle d'equipage, the charter-party, the bills of lading and invoices, the log-book or ship's journal, and the bill of health. 1 Marsh. Ins. c. 9, § 6. SHIPPED. This term, in common mari time and commercial usage, means "placed on board of a vessel for the purchaser or con

when the event happens. 1 Steph. Comm. 603; 2 Bl. Comm. 335. These shifting uses are common in all set tlements; and, in marriage settlements, the first use is always to the ownsr in fee till the marriage, and then to other uses. The fee remains with th6 owner until the marriage, and then it shifts as uses arise. 4 Kent, Comm. 297. SHILLING. In English law. The name of an English coin, of the value of one-twentieth part of a pound. This de nomination of money was also used in Amer ica, in colonial times, but was not every where of uniform value. SHIN-PLASTER. Formerly, a jocose term for a bank-note greatly depreciated in value; also for paper money of a denomina tion less than a dollar. Webster. See 2 Ind. 483. SHIP, v. In maritime law. To put on board a ship; to send by ship. To engage to serve on board a vessel as a seaman. SHIP, n. A vessel of any kind employed in navigation. In a more restricted and more technical sense, a three-masted vessel navigated with sails. The term "ship" or "shipping," when used in this Code, includes steam-boats, sail ing vessels, canal-boats, barges, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place for the transportation of merchandise or persons. Civil Code Cal. § 960. Nautical men apply the term "ship"to,distin guish a vessel having three masts, each consisting of a lower mast, a topmast, and atop-gallant mast, with their appropriate rigging. In familiar lan guage, it is usually employed to distinguish any large vessel, however rigged. It is also frequently used as a general designation for all vessels navi gated with sails; and this is the sense in which it is employed in law. Tomlins. SHIP-BREAKING. In Scotch law. The offense of breaking into a ship. Ark ley, 461. SHIP-BROKER. An agent for the transaction of business between ship-owners and charterers or those who ship cargoes. SHIP-CHANDLERY. This is a term of extensive import, and includes everything necessary to furnish and equip a vessel, so as to render her sea worthy for the intended voy age. Not only stores, stoves, hardware, and crockery have been held to be within the term, but muskets and other arms also, the voyage being round Cape Horn to California,

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