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RULE VI

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 55 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RULE

RULE VI .—CARRYING See also:

PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

PRESS OF See also:

SAIL

SAIL—DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF SAILS Damage to or loss of sails and spars, or either of them, caused by forcing a See also:

SHIP

ship off the grgµnd or by See also:

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving her higher up the ground, for the See also:

COMMON

common safety, shall be made See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good as G.A.; but where a ship is afloat, no loss or damage caused to the ship, See also:

CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo and See also:

FREIGHT, (pronounced like " weight "; derived from the Dutch vracht or vrecht, in Fr. fret, the Eng. " fraught " being the same word, and formerly used for the same thing, but now only as an adjective= " laden ")

freight, or any of them, by carrying a press of sail, shall be made good as G.A.

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