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Mate
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MateThe second officer on board of a merchant ship or vessel.
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Second
A measure equal to one sixtieth part of a minute.
Board
This word is used to designate all the magistrates of a city or borough, or all the managers or directors of any institution; as, the board of aldermen; the board of directors of the Bank of North America. The majority of the board have in general the power to perform the acts of the whole board, but sometimes they are restrained by their charters, and it requires a greater number to perform certain acts.
Merchant
One whose business it is to buy and sell merchandise; this applies to all persons who habitually trade in merchandise.
Ship
This word, in its most enlarged sense, signifies a vessel employed in navigation; for example, the terms the ship's papers, the ship's hushand, shipwreck, and the like, are employed whether the vessel referred to be a brig, a sloop, or a three-masted vessel.
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Master at common law
English law. An officer of the superior courts of law, who has authority for taking affidavits sworn in court, and administering a variety of oaths; and also empowered to compute principal and interest on bills of exchange and other engagements, on which suit has been brought; he has also the power of an examiner of witnesses going abroad, and the like.
Master in chancery
An officer of the court of chancery. The origin of these officers is thus accounted for. The chancellor from the first found it necessary to have a number of clerks, were it for no other purpose, than to perform the mechanical part of the business, the writing; these soon rose to the number of twelve. In process of time this number being found insufficient, these clerks contrived to have other clerks under them, and then, the original clerks became distinguished by the name of masters in chancery. He is an assistant to the chancellor, who refers to him interlocu-tory orders for stating accounts, computing damages, and the like. Masters in chancery are also invested with other powers, by local regulations.
Master of a ship
Maritime law. The commander or first officer of a ship; a captain.
Master of the rolls
English law. An officer who bears this title, and who acts as an assistant to the lord chancellor, in the court of chancery.
Master's disbursements
Expenditures made by the master and paid for with his own funds or obtained on his personal credit for the purchase of necessaries (infra) for the ship. A maritime lien is granted for such disbursements, but both the disbursements and the lien are virtually extinct today, because modern means of communication obviate the need for them, and because masters no longer wish to bind their own credit to obtain necessaries for the ship.
Mate
Mater familias
Civil law. The mother of a family, and, by extension, the mistress of a family.
Material evidence
Evidence which is relevant to the issues in a case.
Material men
This name is given to persons who furnish materials for the purpose of constructing or erecting ships, houses, and other buildings.
Materiality
That which is important; that which is not merely of form but of substance.
Materials
Everything of which anything is made.
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Second
A measure equal to one sixtieth part of a minute.
Board
This word is used to designate all the magistrates of a city or borough, or all the managers or directors of any institution; as, the board of aldermen; the board of directors of the Bank of North America. The majority of the board have in general the power to perform the acts of the whole board, but sometimes they are restrained by their charters, and it requires a greater number to perform certain acts.
Merchant
One whose business it is to buy and sell merchandise; this applies to all persons who habitually trade in merchandise.
Ship
This word, in its most enlarged sense, signifies a vessel employed in navigation; for example, the terms the ship's papers, the ship's hushand, shipwreck, and the like, are employed whether the vessel referred to be a brig, a sloop, or a three-masted vessel.
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Master at common law
English law. An officer of the superior courts of law, who has authority for taking affidavits sworn in court, and administering a variety of oaths; and also empowered to compute principal and interest on bills of exchange and other engagements, on which suit has been brought; he has also the power of an examiner of witnesses going abroad, and the like.
Master in chancery
An officer of the court of chancery. The origin of these officers is thus accounted for. The chancellor from the first found it necessary to have a number of clerks, were it for no other purpose, than to perform the mechanical part of the business, the writing; these soon rose to the number of twelve. In process of time this number being found insufficient, these clerks contrived to have other clerks under them, and then, the original clerks became distinguished by the name of masters in chancery. He is an assistant to the chancellor, who refers to him interlocu-tory orders for stating accounts, computing damages, and the like. Masters in chancery are also invested with other powers, by local regulations.
Master of a ship
Maritime law. The commander or first officer of a ship; a captain.
Master of the rolls
English law. An officer who bears this title, and who acts as an assistant to the lord chancellor, in the court of chancery.
Master's disbursements
Expenditures made by the master and paid for with his own funds or obtained on his personal credit for the purchase of necessaries (infra) for the ship. A maritime lien is granted for such disbursements, but both the disbursements and the lien are virtually extinct today, because modern means of communication obviate the need for them, and because masters no longer wish to bind their own credit to obtain necessaries for the ship.
Mate
Mater familias
Civil law. The mother of a family, and, by extension, the mistress of a family.
Material evidence
Evidence which is relevant to the issues in a case.
Material men
This name is given to persons who furnish materials for the purpose of constructing or erecting ships, houses, and other buildings.
Materiality
That which is important; that which is not merely of form but of substance.
Materials
Everything of which anything is made.
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