DEAD-SHIP DOCTRINE

dead-ship  doctrine.Maritime  law.  The  rule  that  admiralty  law  no  longer  applies  to  a  ship

when  its  purpose  has  been  so  changed  that  it  is  no  longer  a  vessel  because  it  has  no  further

navigation function. [Cases: Admiralty    6.C.J.S. Admiralty §§ 26–32.] [Blacks Law 8th]