47 U.S.C. § 30 : US Code - Section 30: Definitions

Search 47 U.S.C. § 30 : US Code - Section 30: Definitions

Unless the context of this chapter otherwise requires, the term
"vessel" shall be taken to mean every description of vessel used in
navigation, in whatever way it is propelled; the term "master"
shall be taken to include every person having command or charge of
a vessel; and the term "person" to include a body of persons,
corporate or incorporate. The term "convention" shall be taken to
mean the International Convention for the Protection of Submarine
Cables, made at Paris on the 14th day of May [March], 1884, and
proclaimed by the President of the United States on the 22d day of
May, 1885.