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== Definitions ==

the [[CAPTAIN|Captain]] of a [[SHIP|ship]] is its judge and at [[SEA|sea]] Captain's Mast is held on Saturday morning. In a very large ship it is preceded by the [[CHIEF_OFFICER|Chief Officer]]'s (or [[EXECUTIVE|Executive]] [[OFFICER|Officer]]'s) Mast wherein the Executive Officer passes on all offenders and sends the more reprehensible ones to the Captain's Mast. The Captain may, however, at any [[TIME|time]] sentence offenders. Up until only a century ago he had the [[AUTHORITY|authority]] to hang men until one hanged the son of the [[SECRETARY|Secretary]] of the Navy of the US for [[MUTINY|mutiny]], after which the custom lapsed. Modern practice limits the Captain's Mast punishment to ten days in the brig on bread and water. In [[MERCHANT|merchant]] [[SERVICE|service]] the offender is logged and loses one or more [[DAY|day]]'s pay as a result. In the [[SEA_ORGANIZATION|Sea Organization]] the [[COMMODORE|Commodore]] or the ship's Captain assigns conditions without the formality of a mast and these conditions and their rewards or penalties constitute in the main the bulk of [[SEA_ORGANIZATION_JUSTICE|Sea Organization justice]].
''(FO 87)''