As used in policies of Insur- ■ ance, leases, and in maritime law, this, term is often applied to an act which renders the subject useless for its intended purpose, though it does not literally demolish or an-nihilate it. In re McCabe, 11 Pa. Super. Ct. 564; Solomon v. Kingston, 24 Hun (N. Y.) 564; Insurance Co. v. Feibelman, 118 Ala. 308, 23 South. 759; Spalding v. Munford, 37 Mo. App. 281. To ‘’destroy” a vessel means to unfit it for further service, beyond .the
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
