Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

MARITIME JURISDICTION

MARINE INTEREST

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occurring by the casualties of the sea. Code Ga. 1882, § 2824. M A R I N E INTEREST. Interest, al lowed to be stipulated for at an extraordinary rate, for the use and risk of money loaned on respondentia and bottomry bonds. M A R I N E LEAGUE. A measure of distance commonly employed at sea, being equal to one-twentieth part of a degree of latitude. MARINE RISK. The perils of the sea; the perils necessarily incident to navigation. MARINE SOCIETY. In English law. A charitable institution for'the purpose of apprenticing boys to the naval service, etc., incorporated by 12 Geo. III. c. 67. MARINER. A seaman or sailor; one engaged in navigating vessels upon the sea. MARINES. A body of infantry soldiers, trained to serve on board of vessels of war when in commission and to fight in naval en gagements. Maris et fceminaB conjunotio est do jure naturae. 7 Coke, 13. The connec tion of male and female is by the law of nat ure. MARISCHAL. An officer in Scotland, who, with the lord high constable, possessed a supreme itinerant jurisdiction in all crimes committed within a certain space of the court, wherever it might happen to be. Wharton. MARISCUS. A marshy or fenny ground. Co. litt. ha. MARITAGIO AMISSO PER DE FALTAM. An obsolete writ for the tenant in frank-marriage to recover lands, etc., of which he was deforced. MARITAGIUM. The portion which is given with a daughter in marriage. Also the power which the lord or guardian in chivalry had of disposing of his infant ward in matrimony. Maritagium est ant liberum aut ser ritio obligatum; liberum maritagium dicitur ubi donator vult quod terra sio data quieta sit et libera ab omni seeu lari servitio. Co. Litt. 21. A marriage portion is either free or bound to service; it is called "frank-marriage" when the giver wills that land thus given be exempt from all secular service.

MARITAGIUM HABERE. To hav« the free disposal of an heiress in marriage. MARITAL. Relating to, or connected with; the status of marriage; pertaining to a husband; incident to a husband. MARITAL COERCION. Coercion of the wife by the husband. MARITAL PORTION. In Louisiana. The name given to that part of a deceased husband's estate to which the widow is en titled. Civil Code La. art. 55; 3 Mart. (N. S.)l. MARITAL RIGHTS. The rights of a husband. The expression is chiefly used to denote the right of a husband to property which his wife was entitled to during the continuance of the marriage. MARITIMA ANGLIJE. In old En glish law. The emolument or revenue com ing to the king from the sea, which the sher iffs anciently collected, but which was after wards granted to the admiral. Spelman. MARITIMA INCREMENTA. In old English law. Marine increases. Lands gained from the sea. Hale, de Jure Mar. pt 1, c. 4. MARITIME. Pertaining to the sea or ocean or the navigation thereof; or to com merce conducted by navigation of the sea or (in America) of the great lakes and rivers. It is nearly equivalent to "marine" in many connections and uses; in others, the two words are used as quite distinct. MARITIME CAUSE. A cause of action originating on the high seas, or growing out of a maritime contract. 1 Kent, Comm. 367, et seq. MARITIME CONTRACT. A contract whose subject-matter has relation to the navi gation of the seas or to trade or commerce to be conducted by navigation or to be done upon the sea or in ports. Over such con tracts the admiralty has concurrent jurisdic tion with the common-law courts. MARITIME COURT. A court exer cising jurisdiction in maritime causes; one which possesses the powers and jurisdiction of a court of admiralty. MARITIME INTEREST. An expres sion equivalent to marine interest, (q. «.) MARITIME JURISDICTION. Juris, diction in maritime causes; such jurisdiction

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