Law and Practice of Maritime Liens, The
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Chapter 2
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Origins and nature of maritime liens
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2.1 Definition of maritime lien
The maritime lien was defined by Sir John Jervis for the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in Harmer v Bell (The Bold Buccleugh)
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in 1851 as follows: