VOYAGE - The passage of a ship upon the
seas, from one port to another, or to several ports.
Every voyage must have a terminus a quo and a terminus
ad quem. When the insurance is for a limited time, the
two extremes of that time are the termini of the vovage
insured. When a ship is insured both outward and homeward,
for one entire premium, this with reference to the insurance,
is considered but one voyage; and the terminus a quo
is also the terminus ad quem.
The voyage, with reference to the legality of it, is
sometimes confounded with the traffic in which the ship
is engaged, and is frequently said to be illegal, only
because the trade is so. But a voyage may be lawful,
and yet the transport of certain goods on board the
ship may be prohibited or the voyage may be illegal,
though the transport of the goods be lawful.
In the French law the Voyage de conserve, is the name
given to designate an agreement made between two or
more sea captains that they will not separate in their
voyage, will lend aid to each other, and will defend
themselves against a common enemy, or the enemy of one
of them, in case of attack. This agreement is said to
be a partnership.
