Piratic - Law Dictionary Search Results

Sea Rovers

Sea Rovers, pirates and robbers at sea.

another; an antagonist, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 548. Includes all armed mutineers, armed rebels, armed rioters, pirates and any person in arms against whom it is the duty of any person subject to this Act

Piracy

Piracy [fr. pirata, Lat.], the commission of those acts of robbery and violence upon the sea, which if committed upon land

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Malandrinus

Malandrinus, a thief or pirate, Walsing. 338. Malandrinus, A thief, a pirate, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 967.

Buccaneer

A robber upon the sea a pirate a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries

Sea rover

One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder a sea robber a pirate also a piratical vessel

Roger

A black flag with white skull and crossbones formerly used by pirates called also Jolly Roger and pirate flag

Salvage

to those by whose exertions ships or goods have been saved from the dangers of the seas, fire, pirates, or enemies. This was allowed by the laws of Rhodes, Oleron, and Wisby, and is also allowed by

Perils of the sea

but the law has extended this phrase to comprehend events not attributable to natural causes, as captures by pirates, and losses by collision, where no blame is attachable to either ship, or at all events to the

Sea king

the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures a Norse pirate chief See the Note under Viking

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