Lightening - Law Dictionary Search Results
Fulgurant
Lightening
lightening
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Lighten
To descend to light
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Fulguration
The act of lightening
Coin
coin; to impair or lighten coin; to have in unlawful possession filings or clippings produced by impairing or lightening coin; to buy or sell or import or utter counterfeit coin. There were numerous other provisions tending to
jetsam
jetsam : the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore compare flotsam
Foulder
To flash as lightning to lighten to gleam to thunder
Average
in respect of a ship or cargo for its safety, e.g., goods thrown overboard in a storm to lighten the ship. Such loss by maritime law is shared proportionately between the shipowners and the owners of the
Jettison
Jettison, means the act of voluntarily throwing cargo overboard to lighten or stabilise a ship that is in immediate danger. Also termed jacture, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
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