nautical assessors

nautical assessors
The name applied to experienced shipmasters, two in number, called to the assistance of the admiralty court in all difficult cases involving negligence, who sit with the judge during the argument and give their advice upon questions of seamanship or the weight of testimony. The Empire (DC Mich) 19 F 558, 559.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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