Legal Term: QUARANTINE

Definition: commerce, crim. law. The space of forty days, or a less quantity of time, during which the crew of a ship or vessel coming from a portor place infected or supposed to be infected with discase, are required to remain on board after their arrival, before they can be permitted to land. 2. The object of the quarantine is to ascertain whether the crew are infected or not. 3. To break the quarantine without legal authority is a misdemeanor. 1 Russ. on Cr. 133. 4. In cases of insurance of ships, the insurer is responsible when the insurance extends to her being moored in port 24 hours in safety, although she may have arrived, if before the 24 hours are expired she is ordered to perform quarantine, if any accident contemplated by the policy occur 1 Marsh. on Ins. 264.

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