Shorage

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The right to use a shore, for example to land goods. uncountable

    "It is further insisted that there was evidence of an implied contract, inasmuch as it was proved that the defendants had, before that time, paid a bill presented by the plaintiff for shorage for other rafts, before then anchored on the same flats."

  2. 2
    A fee or duty paid for such a right. uncountable

    "DROICT DE RIVAGE: Shorage, or Boatage; the Custome, or Toll for wine, or other wares, put vpon, or brought from, the water, by boats"

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cranagewharfage

Example

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"It is further insisted that there was evidence of an implied contract, inasmuch as it was proved that the defendants had, before that time, paid a bill presented by the plaintiff for shorage for other rafts, before then anchored on the same flats."

Etymology

From shore + -age.

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