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AMERICAN VESSEL - Any vessel documented or numbered under the laws of the United States; and includes any vessel which is neither documented or numbered under the laws of the United States nor documented under the laws of any foreign country, ...
Consequently, Britain passed a series of orders in council designed to impose a blockade of all ports controlled by France, thereby forcing American vessels to go first to Great Britain, pay fees, ...
to American vessels by the act of May 31, 1830, s. 1, 4 Story's Laws U. S. 2216.
admiralty law Law pertaining to maritime contracts, collisions, and torts involving American vessels on the high seas or navigable lakes and rivers.
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