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Nautae




Nautae

Strictly speaking, only carriers by water are comprehended under this word. But the rules which regulate such carriers have been applied to carriers by land.

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Water
1) That liquid substance of which the sea, the rivers, and creeks are composed. 2) A pool of water, or a stream or water course, is considered as part of the land, hence a pool of twenty acres, would pass by the grant of twenty acres of land, without mentioning the water. 3) Like land, water is distinguishable into different parts, as the sea, rivers, docks, canals, ponds and sewers, and to these may be added at water course

Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.

Rules
English law. The rules of the King's Bench and Fleet are certain limits without the actual walls of the prisons, where the prisoner, on proper security previously given to the marshal of the king's bench, or warden of the fleet, may reside; those limits are considered, for all legal and practical purposes, as merely a further extension of the prison walls.



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Nautical assessors
Court-appointed experts (usually on matters of navigation and seamanship) who sit with the judge on the bench during the trial of maritime disputes and give their opinions to the judge, at his request, on matters relating to their field of expertise. Traditionally, nautical assessors have not been subject to examination or cross-examination by the parties to the suit, nor has the judge been required to disclose to the parties the information or opinions provided to him by them. In Canada, however, these traditional rules have been departed from on grounds of respect for natural justice, and expert witnesses may now also be called by the parties, even if they testify on matters within the expertise of the nautical assessors.

Nautical mile
The maritime measurement for distance, being 6080 feet, as opposed to 5280 feet, being a land mile. Also known as a knot (supra).



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Natural sevitudes
Civil law. Those servitudes which arise in consequence of the nature of the soil.

Naturalization
The act by which an alien is made a citizen of the United States of America.

Naturalization application
The form used by a lawful permanent resident to apply for U.S. citizenship. The application is filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the Service Center with jurisdiction over the applicant’s place of residence.

Naturalized citizen
One who, being born an alien, has lawfully become a citizen of the United States Under the constitution and laws.

Naufrage
French maritime law. When, by the violent agitation of the waves, the impetuosity of the winds, the storm, or the lightning, a vessel is swallowed up, or so shattered that there remain only the pieces, the accident is called naufrage.

Nautae

Nautical assessors
Court-appointed experts (usually on matters of navigation and seamanship) who sit with the judge on the bench during the trial of maritime disputes and give their opinions to the judge, at his request, on matters relating to their field of expertise. Traditionally, nautical assessors have not been subject to examination or cross-examination by the parties to the suit, nor has the judge been required to disclose to the parties the information or opinions provided to him by them. In Canada, however, these traditional rules have been departed from on grounds of respect for natural justice, and expert witnesses may now also be called by the parties, even if they testify on matters within the expertise of the nautical assessors.

Nautical mile
The maritime measurement for distance, being 6080 feet, as opposed to 5280 feet, being a land mile. Also known as a knot (supra).

Navicularis
Civil law. He who had the management and care of a ship. The same as our sea captain.

Navigable
Capable of being navigated.

Navigation
The act of traversing the sea, rivers or lakes, in ships or other vessels; the art of ascertaining the geographical position of a ship, and directing her course.

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