单词 | admiralty law |
释义 | > as lemmasadmiralty law admiralty law n. the branch of law historically dealt with by courts of admiralty; (more generally) = maritime law n. ΚΠ 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Five-finger, a fish like a spur-rowel, to be destroyed by the Admiralty law, because destructive to Oysters. 1771 North Briton 13 Apr. 715 There is in England, you say, several laws beside the common law. For example, there is the ecclesiastical law, the admiralty law, the civil law. 1850 E. C. Benedict Amer. Admiralty iv. 26 [The courts] now administer the admiralty law and the maritime law—both of which are sometimes called the admiralty law, sometimes the Maritime Law, and sometimes the Admiralty and Maritime Law. 1889 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Jan. 302/1 The maritime code of Wisby..forms much of the groundwork of the admiralty law of the world to-day. 1973 P. O'Brian HMS Surprise i. 6 We are bound by Admiralty law: if the prize was made before the declaration of war the proceeds escheat to the Crown. 2003 M. Bullard Cumberland Island (2005) iii. 46 Vessels that went ashore as a result of pilot error or a storm at sea were, under international admiralty law, salvaged ships. < as lemmas |
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