COAST-GUARD

A Law Dictionary · 1910 · p. 6

In English law. A body of officers and men raised and equipped by the commi ioners of the admiralty for the defense of the coasts of the realm, and for the more ready IIJannlng of the navy in case of war or sudden emergency, as well as for the protection of the. revenue against smugglers. Mozley & Whitley. [s. 217]