If a detained vessel is lost by the negligence and misconduct of the prize-master, compensation must be rendered, and the actual captors are responsible. The principal being answerable in law for the agent's acts.
·noun The act or principle of compensating. II. Compensation ·noun A recompense or reward for some ...
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·add. ·- A statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover from an employer in case of ac...