In admiralty law. As applied to a steam-vessel, “such speed only is moderate as will permit the steamer reasonably and effectually to avold a collision by slackening speed, or by stopping and re-versing, within the distance at which an ap-proaching vessel can be seen.” The City of New York (C. C.) 35 Fed. 609; The Alliance (D. C.) 39 Fed. 480; The State of Alabama (D. C.) 17 Fed. 952
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
