In English law . A body of officers and men raised and equipped by the commissioners of the admiralty for the defense of the coasts of the realm, and for […]

The shipping of goods or passengers by a ship registered in one country that occurs solely from port to port along the coast of another country. It is typically governed […]

A term applied to vessels plying exclusively between domestic ports, and usually to those engaged in domestic trade, as distinguished from vessels engaged in foreign trade and plying between a […]

In maritime law . Commerce and navigation between different places along the coast of the United States , as distinguished from commerce with ports in foreign countries. Commercial intercourse carried […]

Vessels “plying coastwise” are those which are engaged in the domestic trade, or plying between port and port in the United States , as contradistinguished from those engaged in the […]

Heraldic ensigns, introduced by Richard I. from the Holy Land, where they were first Invented. Originally they were painted on the shields of the Christian knights who went to the […]

The practice of replicating the investment strategies of institutional investors who are known, or believed, to have exhibited good performance . Also known as PIGGYBACKING See also TAILGATING COD See […]

Paper or paperboard covered with a thin layer of clay that enhances reproduced bright colors in printing.

Heavy-duty, high speed data transmission cable used in computer networks, and cable TV. It is a copper core encased in plastic surrounded by a braided copper shield, covered entirely with […]

A special-purpose computer language developed in 1960s. The US Department Of Defense collaborated with computer manufacturers to develop COBOL for doing administrative reports. It stands for COmmon Business Oriented Language.

In medical jurisprudence . A method of serum-diagnosis of insanity from hteniolysis (breaking up of the red corpuscles of the blood) by injections of the venom of cobras or other […]

To place the yards of a ship at an angle with the deck. Pub. St Mass. 1882, p. 1288. LI CODE

In English law . A seal belonging to the custom-house , or rather a scroll of parchment, sealed and delivered by the officers of the custom-house to merchants, as a […]

A name which used to be given to the judicial committee of the privy council, the council-room being built on the old cockpit of Whitehall Place.

A boatman ; a cockswain. Cowell.

A collection or compendium of laws. A complete system of positive law , scientifically arranged, and promulgated by legislative authority. Johnson v. Harrison, 47 Minn. 575, 50 N. W. 923, […]

A code found on products consisting of commonly-used horizontal bars. It has 43 characters, consisting of alphanumeric and special characters in groups each consisting of five bars and four spaces. […]

The code which embodies the civil law of France. Framed in the first instance by a commission of jurists appointed in 1800. This code, after having passed both the tribunate […]

A French code, enacted in 1808, regulating criminal procedure .

A French code, enacted in 1807. as a supplement to the Code Napoleon, regulating commercial transactions, the laws of business, bankruptcies, and the jurisdiction and procedure of the courts dealing […]

That part of the Code Napoleon which regulates the system of courts, their organization , civil procedure , special and extraordinary remedies, and the execution of judgments

Digital cellular phone technology that does not sub-divide the available bandwidth for several separate calls. Instead, it assigns the entire bandwidth to one call and encodes each call, limiting decoding […]

The distinction between actions at law and suits in equity, and the forms of all such actions and suits, heretofore existing, is abolished; and there shall be in this state, […]

See CODE CIVIL

The black code. A body of laws which formerly regulated the institution of slavery in the French colonies.