This term, as used in shipping articles, means “disrate,” and does notimport authority of the master to discharge a second mate, notwithstanding a usage inthe whaling trade never to disrate an officer to a seaman. Potter v. Smith, 103 Mass. 68.
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This term, as used in shipping articles, means “disrate,” and does notimport authority of the master to discharge a second mate, notwithstanding a usage inthe whaling trade never to disrate an officer to a seaman. Potter v. Smith, 103 Mass. 68.
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