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Webster 1913 Edition
Respondentia
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Reˊspon-den′ti-a
(r?ˊsp?n-d?n′sh?-?)
, Noun.
[NL. See
Respondence
.] (Commercial Law)
A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself.
Bouvier.