Accidents of Navigation

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ACCIDENTS OF NAVIGATION

Mishaps that are peculiar to travel by sea or to normal navigation; accidents caused at sea by the action of the elements, rather than by a failure to exercise good handling, working, or navigating of a ship. Such accidents could not have been avoided by the exercise of nautical skill or prudence.

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Admiralty and Maritime Law; Navigable Rivers.

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