Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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SHORE

SHIPPER

SHIRE-CLERK. He that keeps the county court. SHIRE-MAN, or SCTRE-MAN. Be fore the Conquest, the judge of the county, by whom trials for land, etc., were deter mined. Tomlins; Mozley & Whitley. SHIRE-MOTE. The assize of the shire, or the assembly of the people, was so called by the Saxons. It was nearly, if not exact ly, the same as the scyregemote, and in most respects corresponded with what were after wards called the "county courts." Brown. SHIRE-REEVE. In Saxon law. The reeve or bailiff of the shire. The viscount of the Anglo-Normans, and the sheriff of later times. Co. Litt. 168a. SHOOFAA. In Mohammedan law. Pre emption, or a power of possessing property which has been sold, by paying a sum equal to that paid by the purchaser. Wharton. SHOP. A building in which goods and merchandise are sold at retail. Strictly, a shop is a place where goods are sold by retail, and a store a place where goods are de posited ; but, in this country, shops for the sale of goods are frequently called "stores." 15 Gray, 197. SHOP-BOOKS. Books of original entry kept by tradesmen, shop-keepers, mechanics, and the like, in which are entered their ac counts and charges for goods sold, work done, etc. SHOPA. In old records, a shop. Co well. SHORE. Land on the margin of the sea, or a lake or river. In common parlance, the word "shore" is understood to mean the line that separates the tide-water from the land about it, wher ever that line may be, and in whatever stage of the tide. The woid "shore," in its legal and technical sense, indicates the lands adja cent to navigable waters, where the tide flows and reflows, which at high tides are sub merged, and at low tides are bare. 23 N. J. Law, 624,683. Sea-shore is that space of land over which the waters of the sea spread in the highest water, during the winter season. Civil Code La. art. 451. When the sea-shore is referred to as a boundary, the meaning must be understood to be the margin of the sea in its usual and ordinary state; the ground between the ordinary high-water mark and low-water mark is the shore. Hence a deed of land bounded at or by the "shore" will convey the flats as appurtenant. 6 Mass. 435.

signee, to be transported at his risk." 10 Gray, 262. SHIPPER. 1. The owner of goods who Intrusts them on board a vessel for delivery abroad, by charter-party or otherwise. 2. Also, a Dutch word, signifying the master of a ship. It is mentioned in some of the statutes; is now generally called " skip per. " Tomlins. SHIPPING. Ships in general; ships or vessels of any kind intended for navigation. Relating to ships; as, shipping interest, shipping affairs, shipping business, shipping concerns. Putting on board a ship or ves sel, or receiving on board a ship or vessel. Webster; Worcester. The "law of shipping" is a comprehensive term for all that part of the maritime law which relates to ships and the persons em ployed in or about them. It embraces such subjects as the building and equipment of vessels, their registration and nationality, their ownership and inspection, their em ployment, (including charter-parties, freight, demurrage, towage, and salvage,) and their sale, transfer, and mortgage; also, the em ployment, rights, powers, and duties of mas teis and mariners; and the law relating to ship-brokers, ship-agents, pilots, etc. SHIPPING ARTICLES. A written agreement between the master of a vessel and the marineis, specifying the voyage or term for which the latter are shipped, and the late of wages. SHIPPING COMMISSIONER. An officer of the United States, appointed by the several circuit courts, within their respective jurisdictions, for each port of entry (the same being also a port of ocean navigation) which, in the judgment of such court, may require the same; his duties being to supervise the engagement and discharge of seamen; to see that men engaged as seamen report on board at the proper time; to facilitate the appien ticing of persons to the marine service; and other similar duties, sucli as may be required by law. Rev. St. U. S. §§ 4501-4508. SHIPWRECK. The demolition or shat tering of a vessel, caused by her driving ashoie or on rocks and shoals in the mid-seas, or by the violence of winds and waves in tempests. 2 Am. Ins. p. 734. SHIRE. In English law. A county. Bo called because every county or shire is di vided and parted by certain metes and bounds from another. Co. Litt. 50a.

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