释义 |
Gross adventure
(Law) | the loan of money upon bottomry, i. e., on a mortgage of a ship. |
See also: Gross Gross adventure
GROSS ADVENTURE. By this term the French lay writers signify a maritime loan, or bottomry. (q, v.) It is so called because the lender exposes his money to the perils of the sea; and contributes to the gross or general average. Poth. h. t.; Pard. Dr. Com . h. t. |