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seaman.Maritime law. Under the Jones Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, a person who is attached to a navigating vessel as an employee below the rank of officer and contributes to the function of the vessel or the accomplishment of its mission. • Seamen’s injuries are covered under the Jones Act and…

seal of the United States.See great seal (1) under SEAL. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as harbors and straits. • Although sea lanes have obvious safety advantages, they were long resisted by sea captains, who saw them as a threat to…

seal of the state.See great seal (2) under SEAL. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as harbors and straits. • Although sea lanes have obvious safety advantages, they were long resisted by sea captains, who saw them as a threat to their…

seal of cause.Scots law. The seal of a burgh court, by which a royal burgh could, consistently with its charter powers, create a subordinate corporation by charter. • The seal of cause was most commonly used to create charitable corporations and craft guilds. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route…

sealing of records.The act or practice of officially preventing access to particular (esp. juvenile-criminal) records, in the absence of a court order. Cf. EXPUNGEMENT OF RECORD. [Cases: Records 32. C.J.S. Records §§ 65, 67–73.] sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as harbors…

sea letter.Hist. A manifest issued during a war by authorities of a port where a neutral vessel is fitted, certifying the vessel’s nationality, specifying the nature of and destination of the vessel’s cargo, and allowing the vessel to sail under the neutral flag of its owner. • The last sea letter was issued at the…

sealed will.See mystic will under WILL. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as harbors and straits. • Although sea lanes have obvious safety advantages, they were long resisted by sea captains, who saw them as a threat to their freedom to navigate.…

sealed verdict.See VERDICT. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as harbors and straits. • Although sea lanes have obvious safety advantages, they were long resisted by sea captains, who saw them as a threat to their freedom to navigate. [Blacks Law 8th]

sealed testament.See mystic will under WILL. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as harbors and straits. • Although sea lanes have obvious safety advantages, they were long resisted by sea captains, who saw them as a threat to their freedom to navigate.…

sealed-record statute.See CONFIDENTIALITY STATUTE. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as harbors and straits. • Although sea lanes have obvious safety advantages, they were long resisted by sea captains, who saw them as a threat to their freedom to navigate. [Blacks Law…