• Admiralty courts, also known as maritime courts, are courts exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, and offenses. The Scottish...
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  • Vice admiralty courts were juryless courts located in British colonies that were granted jurisdiction over local legal matters related to maritime activities...
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  • rights, and jurisdiction over coastal waters. While admiralty law is adjudicated in national courts, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea...
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  • Selo, Russia Former Admiralty House, Singapore Admiralty court Admiralty law, also called Maritime Law Amirauté (New France) Admiralty (navy), a governmental...
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    The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission. As that position was not...
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    Chancery, the Court of King's Bench, the Court of Common Pleas, the Court of Exchequer, the High Court of Admiralty, the Court of Probate, the Court for Divorce...
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    The Admiralty Court Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. 65) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It extended the jurisdiction of the High Court of...
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    The New York Restraining Act 1767 passed on 2 July 1767. The Vice Admiralty Court Act 1768 passed on 8 March 1768. The purposes of the acts were to raise...
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    The Admiralty Court Act 1861 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act addresses the jurisdiction and practices of the High Court of Admiralty...
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    Specialised courts of the King's Bench Division include the Administrative Court, Technology and Construction Court, Commercial Court, and the Admiralty Court. The...
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    The First Lord of the Admiralty, or formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the political head of the English and later British Royal...
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    The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its...
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    The court had a judge (also known as the lieutenant-general of the court) appointed by the French admiralty, a king's attorney, a clerk of court, and...
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  • Bench Division under the names of the Admiralty Court, the Commercial Court, and the Technology & Construction Court, and under the Chancery Division's lists...
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    In admiralty law prizes (from the Old French prise, "taken, seized") are equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict. The most...
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    Criminal Court International Court of Arbitration Administrative court Admiralty court Appellate court Circuit court City court Constitutional court Commercial...
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  • provinces, admiralty law jurisdiction was not conferred on them, which continued to be vested in the vice-admiralty courts under the British Vice Admiralty Courts...
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    the High Court Office of the Marshall of the High Court Office of the Droits of the High Court Vice Admiralty Courts (Home) Vice Admiralty Jurisdictions...
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    opposed to common) law in London, namely ecclesiastical and admiralty law. Like the Inns of Court of the common lawyers, the society had buildings with rooms...
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    in the second season's story. Transport portal 1913 Sligo Dock strike Admiralty law Battle of Ballantyne Pier (Canada) Dockers Union (disambiguation)...
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  • Australia. A vice admiralty court is in effect an admiralty court. The word "vice" in the name of the court denoted that the court represented the Lord...
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    the Admiralty and Navy, appointed (1692 – 1799) Office of the High Court of the Admiralty Court (1450 – 1875) Judge of the High Court of Admiralty Judge...
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  • prizes assessed in overseas Vice-Admiralty courts could be reassessed in the Admiralty Court in Britain if the Admiralty appealed the initial valuation...
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  • Trincomalee High Court Vavuniya High Court Welikada Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Constitution of Sri Lanka Admiralty court "High Court of Sri Lanka". Archived...
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    would not usually disappear from the records for such a long time. No Admiralty court document can be found relating to the pilgrim fathers' voyage of 1620...
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    Admiralty buildings complex lies between Whitehall, Horse Guards Parade and The Mall and includes five inter-connected buildings. Since the Admiralty...
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    injury. Captured naval prizes were judged before the government's admiralty court for condemnation and transfer of ownership to the privateer. A common...
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  • Consignor Principal Owner Seaman Mutiny Stevedore Judiciaries Admiralty court Vice admiralty court International conventions Hague-Visby Rules Hamburg Rules...
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    The Judge of the High Court of Admiralty was established in 1483 he was the chief law officer of the High Court of Admiralty. The office holder was supported...
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