AGREZ

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The Law Mind • 572 words
Definition
A French marine law term referring to the rigging or tackle of a vessel — that is, the ropes, chains, pulleys, and equipment used to support and operate a ship's masts and sails. The term appears in French admiralty sources as a designation for this class of ship's gear, distinct from the hull, cargo, or other components of the vessel. Note: The Black's Law Dictionary (2nd Ed.) source material provided appears to contain a transcription error, reproducing text from an unrelated entry on executed and executory agreements rather than a substantive entry for "agrez." The definitions from the first edition of Black's and from Burrill's Law Dictionary are consistent and are the operative sources for this entry.
Why It Matters in Research
Researchers encounter "agrez" almost exclusively in one context: historical French maritime law and its English-language legal dictionary treatment. The term has no modern common-law application and does not appear in contemporary Anglo-American statutory or case law. Its primary research value is interpretive — understanding what a historical document or treatise means when it references the rigging or tackle of a vessel as a distinct legal category. The Ordonnance de la Marine of 1681 (Ord. Mar.) is the foundational source cited by both Black's and Burrill's. That ordinance organized French maritime commerce and admiralty law in considerable detail, distinguishing between components of a vessel for purposes of insurance, salvage, bottomry, and liability. Knowing that "agrez" designates rigging and tackle — not the hull, not the cargo, not the crew's equipment — is essential when reading provisions of the Ordonnance that assign different legal consequences to different parts of a ship. The transcription error in the second edition Black's entry is a useful reminder of a broader hazard: historical legal dictionaries were typeset by hand, and OCR-processed digital versions introduce additional corruption. Researchers should cross-reference multiple dictionary editions and, where possible, consult the primary source (here, the Ordonnance de la Marine itself) rather than relying solely on a dictionary entry.
Historical Dictionary Support
Black's (1st Ed.) and Burrill's are in complete agreement: "agrez" means the rigging or tackle of a vessel under French marine law, and both cite identical provisions of the Ordonnance de la Marine — liv. 1, tit. 2, art. 1; tit. 11, art. 2; and liv. 3, tit. 1, art. 11. The uniformity suggests that Burrill's and Black's drew from a common source or that one informed the other, which is not unusual for nineteenth-century American legal lexicography. Neither dictionary elaborates on the legal significance of the classification — what legal consequences attached to rigging and tackle as distinct from other vessel components under the Ordonnance. Researchers needing that level of detail must consult the Ordonnance directly or secondary works on French maritime law history. The second edition Black's entry is corrupted in the available source material and provides no additional information for this term.
Jurisdictional Note
"Agrez" is a term of French admiralty law with no direct equivalent classification in English common-law admiralty. In English and American maritime practice, "tackle" and "rigging" appear as components of broader categories (e.g., in the context of ship's appurtenances or in salvage law), but "agrez" as a formal legal designation does not carry over.
Related Terms
Tackle — Rigging — Bottomry — Ordonnance de la Marine — Appurtenances (maritime) — Salvage — Marine insurance — Navire
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Black's Law Dictionary • 1891
Fr. In French marine law. I The rigging or tackle of a vessel. Ord. Mar. Į liv. 1, tit. 2, art. 1; Id. tit. 11, art. 2; Id. liv. 3, tit. 1, art. 11.
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Burrill's Law Dictionary • 1867
Fr. In French marine law. The rigging or tackle of a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 2, art. 1. Id. tit. 11, art. 2. Id. liv. 3, tit. 1, art. 11.
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Black's Law Dictionary (2nd Ed.) • 1910
Executed agreements, which have reference to past events, or which are at once closed and where nothing further remains to be done by the parties. Esvecutory agrecments are such as are to be performegpin the future. They are commonly preliminary to other more forma! or important contracts or deeds, and are usually evidenced by memorandn, parol promises, etc. Espress agreements are those in which the terms and stipulations are specifically declared and avowed by the parties at the time of making the agreement. Implicd agreement. One inferred from the acts or conduct of the parties, instead of heing expressed by them in written or spoken words; one inferred by the law where the conduct of the parties with reference to the subject-matter is such as to induce the belief that they intended to do that which their acts indicate they have done. Bixby v. Moor, 51 N. II. 408; Cuneo v. De Cuneo, 24 Tex. Civ. App. 436, 59 S. W. 284. Parol agreements. Such as are either by word of mouth or are committed to writing, ‘but are not under seal. The common law draws only one great line, between things under seal and not under seal. Wharton. Synonyms distinguished. The term “agreement” is often used as synonymous with “contract.” Properly speaking, however, it is a wider term than “contract” (Anson, Cont. 4.) An agreement might not be a contract, because not fulfilling some requirement of the law of the place in which it is made. So, where a contract embodies: a series of mutual stipulations or constituent clauses, ench of these clauses might be denominated an “agreement.” “Agreement” is seldom applied to specialties; “contract” is generally confined to simple contracts; and “promisc” refers to the engagement of a party without reference to the reasons or considerations for it, or the duties of other parties. Pars. Cont. 6. “Agreement” is more comprehensive than “promise ;” signifies a mutual contract, on consideration, between two or more parties. A statute (of frauds) which requires the agreement to be in writing includes the consideration. Wain vy. Warlters, 5 East, 10. “Agreement” is not synonymous’ with “promise” or “undertaking,” but, in its more proper and correct sense, signifies a mutual coutract, on consideration, between two or more parties, and implies a consideration. Andrews v. Pontue, 24 Wend. (N. Y.) 285. In French marine law. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, Fr. In French marine law. The rigging or tackle of a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 2, art. 1; Id. tit. 11, art. 2; Id. liv. 3, tit. 1, art. 11. F AGRI 54

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