A term used In maritime law to designate the unloading of cargo of a vessel at the place where it is properly to he delivered. The Two Catharines, 24 Fed. Cas. 429.
The term is commonly used in indictments for statutory crimes, to show that the act constituting the offense was in violation of a positive law, especially where the statute itself uses the same phrase. UNLIQUIDATED 1188 UPPER BENCH