Ship's Protest

In case of damage happening during the voyage, or it being suspected to ship or cargo, the master should within twenty-four hours of his arrival in port cause a notary public, or in a foreign port the American consul, to note a protest against "wind and weather."

To extend a protest is to give the particulars of the voyage, the storms encountered, as entered in the log book, and assert that any damage that may have happened was caused by winds, bad weather, etc.