单词 | the black book of the admiralty |
释义 | > as lemmasthe Black Book of the Admiralty b. the Black Book of the Admiralty: an ancient code of rules relating to maritime law, based on the laws of Oleron, an island off the Atlantic coast of France, and codified in 1336, during the reign of King Edward III.The original manuscript contained also an account of ancient maritime customs and usages. It was lost in the early 19th cent., and the surviving sections from all known sources were collated and published in Sir Travers Twiss's Black Book of the Admiralty (1871). See I. C. B. Dear & P. Kemp, Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea (2005) 409. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > [noun] > naval rules the Black Book of the Admiralty1658 1658 W. Prynne Plea for Lords 501 By the notable Record of 22 E.1. in Cooks 4 Institutes p. 142, 143, 144. and Seldens Mare Clausum, l. 2. c. 28, f. 275. the Black Book of the Admiralty, & the Parliament Roll of 4 H. 4. n. 47. for confirmation of the Laws of Oleron. a1661 R. Zouch Jurisdict. of Admiralty (1663) 10 Such things as are contained, and preserved in the Antient black Book of the Admiralty, as certain Royal Ordinances, made by Antient Kings of the Realm. 1694 G. Dawson Origo Legum ii. ix. 123 They are also to be found in the black Book of the Admiralty, as well as the Laws of Oleron. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine sig. Dd4v Oleron,..a code of..rules relating to naval affairs..formed by Richard I..are still preserved in the black book of the admiralty. 1818 N.-Amer. Rev. & Misc. Jrnl. 7 341 The laws of Oleron, the articles preserved in the Black book of the admiralty..formed nearly the whole stock of her written maritime jurisprudence. 1868 R. G. Williams & G. Bruce Jurisdict. & Pract. High Court Admiralty Introd. 4/2 The Black Book of the Admiralty is an ancient compilation of laws, ordinances, and records in support of the authority and jurisdiction of the Court. 1874 Athenaeum 18 Apr. 519/1 The ‘Black Book of the Admiralty’ is..a collection of early ordinances for the government of the Admiral and the fleet. 1995 New Scientist (Nexis) 5 Aug. 4848 By the 1300s, the English navy listed two flag signals in its Black Book of the Admiralty. < as lemmas |
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