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admiralty

[ ad-mer-uhl-tee ]

noun

plural admiralties.
  1. the office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
  2. the officials or the department of state having charge of naval affairs, as in Great Britain.
  3. a court dealing with maritime questions, offenses, etc.
  4. maritime law.
  5. the Admiralty, the official building, in London, of the British commissioners for naval affairs.


adjective

  1. of or relating to admiralty law.

admiralty

/ ˈæ峾əəɪ /

noun

  1. the office or jurisdiction of an admiral
    1. jurisdiction over naval affairs
    2. ( as modifier )

      admiralty law

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of admiralty1

1300–50; Middle English amiralty < Middle French. See admiral, -ty 2
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But the judge questioned whether Congress can strip courts of their own admiralty jurisdiction over a shipwreck, something that has centuries of legal precedent.

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We aim to sit down with some who have done family histories plus some elderly residents, make our way through admiralty and church records and see what connections we can find.

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The company said it will continue to work on an expedition funding plan, which the admiralty court has required.

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RMS Titanic Inc. recently missed a deadline with a federal admiralty court in Virginia to submit a funding plan for the radio expedition.

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Great Falls Insurance Company contended that the Workers’ Compensation Board lacked jurisdiction because Potter should be considered to be a “seaman” under federal admiralty law known as the Jones Act.

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