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Letters of safe-conduct
us can, by the law of nations, come into the realm, nor can travel himself upon the high seas, or send his goods and merchandise from one place to another, without danger of being seized by our
Res communes
things'. Things common to all; things that cannot be owned or appropriated, such as light, air and the sea, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1308.
Innings
Innings, lands recovered from the sea; when rendered profitable they are termed gainage lands, Jac. Law Dict.
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Res publicae
means 'public things'. Things that cannot be individually owned because they belong to the public, such as the sea, navigable waters, and highways, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1314.
Prisage or Butlerage
a tenth part, which belongs to the sovereign or admiral out of such merchandises as are taken at sea, by way of lawful prize, 2 Steph. Com. and 1 Br. & Had. Com. 375.
Pharos
Pharos, a watch-tower, or sea-mark, which cannot be erected without lawful warrant and authority, 3 Inst. 204.
prize
lawfully captured in time of war 2 : the wartime capture of a ship and its cargo at sea
Dole-fish
Dole-fish, the share of fish which the fishermen employed in the north seas customarily received for their allowance, 35 Hen. 8, c. 7, rep. By Stat. (English) Law Rev. Act, 1863.
Customs of the port
Customs of the port, there are usages in many sea-ports, generally known as customs of the port, which have been frequently established in litiga-tion, Halsbury's Laws of England,
Plimsolls mark
A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea going merchant vessels to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law so called from Samuel Plimsoll by
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