Pilotage

n.	1.	The pilot's skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels.
	2.	The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
	3.	Guidance, as by a pilot.

Noun	1.	pilotage - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place Synonyms: navigation, piloting
	2.	pilotage - the occupation of a pilot Synonyms: piloting

PILOTAGE, contracts. The compensation given to a pilot for conducting a vessel in or out of port. Poth. Des Avaries, n. 147.
     2. Pilotage is a lien on the ship, when the contract has been made by the master or quasi master of the ship, or some other person lawfully authorized to make it; 1 Mason, R. 508; and the admiralty court has jurisdiction, when services have been performed at sea. Id.; 10 Wheat. 428; 6 Pet. 682; 10 Pet. 108; and see 1 Pet. Adm. Dec. 227.

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