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Definition of Ferrymen
1. ferryman [n] - See also: ferryman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferrymen
Literary usage of Ferrymen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wrongs and Their Remedies: A Treatise on the Law of Torts by Charles Greenstreet Addison, Francis Stafford Pipe Wolferstan, James M. Dudley, Edwin Baylies (1876)
"... of common carriers—Railway charges— Packed parcels—Passenger fares—Right to
alight at intermediate stations— Negligence of common ferrymen. ..."
2. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1888)
"The Harmonies of Nature—A Good Horse—A Single Discord—A Forest— Aino ferrymen—"Les
Puces! Les Puces/"—Baffled Explorers—Ito's Contempt for Ainos—An Aino ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"FERRYMAN. As common carrier, see "Common Carrier." Within the meaning of the
exemption at common law and of the militia act of ferrymen from militia duty, ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Carriers of Passengersby Norman Fetter by Norman Fetter (1897)
"SAME—ferrymen. The duty to exercise reasonable diligence in the transportation
of passengers devolves .on ferrymen as well as other common carriers. ..."
5. The Practice in Courts of Justice in England and the United States by Conway Robinson (1855)
"How far ferrymen are deemed carriers. The courts of South Carolina have, ...
To convey passengers across a river, ferrymen had a steamboat, ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Bailments: Including Carriers, Inn-keepers, and Pledge by James Schouler (1880)
"... To ferrymen,6 and those plying canal boats,6 the same doctrine 1 Cf. Powell v.
Mills, 30 Miss. 231; Thomas e. Boston & Prov. R., 10 Met. 472. ..."
7. The Law of Carriers, Inn-keepers, Warehousemen, and Other Depositories of by Henry Jeremy (1816)
"... or ferrymen. HOYMEN, by the custom of the realm, are bound to keep and to
deliver goods safely, for their hire is also due by custom : (f) and that too ..."
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