- merchant vessel
- A vessel which carries cargo. A vessel which is wholly engaged in commercial service. Petition of United States, 250 US 246, 256, 63 L Ed 962, 968, 39 S Ct 460.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
merchant vessel
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