(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:39:18

Re`spon*den"ti*a (r?`sp?n*d?n"sh?*?), n. [NL. See Respondence.] CommercialLaw

A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself.

Bouvier.

 

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