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DEPARTURE

Legal Term: DEPARTURE
Definition: maritime law. A deviation from the course of the voyage insured. 2. A departure is justifiable or not justifiable it is justifiable ill consequence of the stress of weather, to make necessary repairs, to succor a ship in distress, to avoid capture, of inability to navigate the ship, mutiny of the crew, or other compulsion. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1189.



***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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