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bond of bottomry
An authority to borrow money, by pledging the keel or bottom of the ship. (See bottomry.) ...

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Bottomry
·noun A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his age...

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Bond
·noun A vassal or serf; a slave. II. Bond ·noun Moral or political duty or obligation. III. Bond ·...

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Bond
An obligation of any kind (Num. 30:2, 4, 12). The word means also oppression or affliction (Ps. 116:...

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bottomry premium
A high rate of interest charged on the safety of the ship the lender losing his whole money if she b...

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Bail bond
·- Special bail in court to abide the judgment. II. Bail bond ·- A bond or obligation given by a pr...

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Bond servant
·- A slave; one who is bound to service without wages. ...

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Bond service
·- The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery. ...

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Bond Court
East out of Walbrook at No.31, but no thoroughfare (P.O. Directory). In Walbrook Ward. Not a thoroug...

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bail-bond
The obligation entered into by sureties. Also when a person appears as proxy for the master of a ves...

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bond-man
A harsh method in some ships, in keeping one man bound for the good behaviour of another on leave. ...

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Post-obit bond
·- A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds hi...

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Head, Sir Francis Bond
(1793-1875) Traveller, essayist, and biographer, served in the Engineers, went to South America as ...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin