dangers of the sea

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DANGERS OF THE SEA, mar. law. This phrase is sometimes put in bills of 
lading, the master of the ship agreeing to deliver the goods therein 
mentioned to the consignee, who is named, the dangers of the sea excepted. 
Sometimes the phrase is "Perils of the Sea." (q.v.) See 1 Brock. R. 187. 
    

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