Merchant Seamen's Act

Merchant Seamen's Act
A federal statute which provides that any seaman who has signed an agreement and is discharged before commencement of the voyage or before one month's wages are earned, without fault on his part and without his consent, is entitled to receive from the master or owner, in addition to any wages he may have earned, a sum equal to one month's wages, on adducing evidence satisfactory to the court hearing the case. 46 USC § 594. See Jones Act.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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