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• mortgage — /morgaj/ A mortgage is an interest in land created by a written instrument providing security for the performance of a duty or the payment of a debt. At common law, an estate created by a conveyance absolute in its form, but intended to secure… …   Black's law dictionary

• mortgage — /morgaj/ A mortgage is an interest in land created by a written instrument providing security for the performance of a duty or the payment of a debt. At common law, an estate created by a conveyance absolute in its form, but intended to secure… …   Black's law dictionary

• ship mortgage — A mortgage covering a vessel, governed by the law of chattel mortgages generally and by statutory provisions. 48 Am J1st Ship § 72 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Ship broker — Broker Bro ker (br[=o] k[ e]r), n. [OE. brocour, from a word akin to broken, bruken, to use, enjoy, possess, digest, fr. AS. br[=u]can to use, enjoy; cf. Fries. broker, F. brocanteur. See {Brook}, v. t.] 1. One who transacts business for another; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ship Mortgage Act — Federal statute regulating mortgages on ships registered as U.S. vessels. It provides for enforcement of maritime liens in favor of those who furnish supplies or maintenance to such vessels. 46 U.S.C.A. No. 911 et seq …   Black's law dictionary

• Ship Mortgage Act — A federal statute regulating mortgages covering vessels registered or enrolled as United States vessels. 46 USC §§ 911 et seq. A statute which provides for a maritime lien enforceable by suit in rein in favor of any person furnishing repairs,… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• preferred ship mortgage — A mortgage of a vessel given a preferred status by the Ship Mortgage Act, subject to conditions respecting the size of the vessel and compliance with registration and other provisions of the Act. 2 Am J2d Adm § 122 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• delivery of ship — As with other unwieldy property, the delivery may be purely constructive, and may be effected by delivery of the vessel s documents of title, which supplies not merely a symbol, but the mode of enabling the buyer to take actual possession as soon …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• bond — A certificate or evidence of a debt on which the issuing company or governmental body promises to pay the bondholders a specified amount of interest for a specified length of time, and to repay the loan on the expiration date. A long term debt… …   Black's law dictionary

• bond — A certificate or evidence of a debt on which the issuing company or governmental body promises to pay the bondholders a specified amount of interest for a specified length of time, and to repay the loan on the expiration date. A long term debt… …   Black's law dictionary

• bottomry — /botgmriy/ In maritime law, a contract by which the owner of a ship borrows for the use, equipment, or repair of the vessel, and for a definite term, and pledges the ship (or the keel or bottom of the ship, pars pro toto) as security; it being… …   Black's law dictionary