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ferryman
(encz) | ferryman,převozník n: Zdeněk Brož |
Ferryman
(gcide) | Ferryman \Fer"ry*man\, n.; pl. Ferrymen.
One who maintains or attends a ferry.
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ferryman
(wn) | ferryman
n 1: a man who operates a ferry |
FERRYMAN
(bouvier) | FERRYMAN. One employed in taking persons across a river or other stream, in
boats or other contrivances at a ferry. The owner of a ferry is not
considered a ferryman, when it is rented and in the possession of a tenant.
Minor, R. 366.
2. Ferrymen are considered as common carriers, and are therefore the
legal judges to decide when it is proper to pass over or not. 1 M'Cord, R.
444 Id. 157 1 N. & M. 19; 2 N. & M. 17. They are to regulate how the
property to be taken across shall be put in their boats or flats; 1 M'Cord
157; and as soon as the carriage is fairly on the drop or slip of a fat,
although driven by the owner's servant, it is in possession of the ferryman,
and he is answerable. 1 M'Cord's R. 439.
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ferryman
(encz) | ferryman,převozník n: Zdeněk Brož |
ferryman
(wn) | ferryman
n 1: a man who operates a ferry |
FERRYMAN
(bouvier) | FERRYMAN. One employed in taking persons across a river or other stream, in
boats or other contrivances at a ferry. The owner of a ferry is not
considered a ferryman, when it is rented and in the possession of a tenant.
Minor, R. 366.
2. Ferrymen are considered as common carriers, and are therefore the
legal judges to decide when it is proper to pass over or not. 1 M'Cord, R.
444 Id. 157 1 N. & M. 19; 2 N. & M. 17. They are to regulate how the
property to be taken across shall be put in their boats or flats; 1 M'Cord
157; and as soon as the carriage is fairly on the drop or slip of a fat,
although driven by the owner's servant, it is in possession of the ferryman,
and he is answerable. 1 M'Cord's R. 439.
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