foenus nauticus

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foenus nauticus - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  FOENUS NAUTICUS. The name given to marine interest. (q.v.)
       2. The amount of such interest is not limited by law, because the 
  lender runs the risk of losing, his principal. Ersk. Inst. B. 4, t. 4, n. 
  76. See Marine Interest.