Guidon - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: guidonGuidon
A small flag or streamer as that carried by cavalry which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry or to make signals at sea also the flag of a guild or fraternity In the United States service each company of cavalry has a guidon...
Guidon de la Mer
Guidon de la Mer, a treatise on maritime law, being a collection of existing usages and customs. It was probably written and issued for the first time towards the end of the sixteenth century, though the exact date is doubtful and the name of the compiler unknown. See Pardessus, vol. ii....
Hat-money
Hat-money, a small duty paid to the captain and mariners of a ship, called primage. In the Guidon de la Mer (see that title) it is described as 'la contribution des chausses out pot de vin du maitre.' See PRIMAGE...
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