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Admiral :: Admiral (n.) The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet..

Libelant :: Libelant (n.) One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.

Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business..

Proctor :: Proctor (n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity..

Lawsuit :: Lawsuit (n.) An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.

Board :: Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..

Admiralship :: Admiralship (n.) The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral..

Ammiral :: Ammiral (n.) An obsolete form of admiral.

Apostle :: Apostle (n.) A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts..

Sentence :: Sentence (n.) In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases..

Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant..

Pacha :: Pacha () The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.

Chart :: Chart (n.) A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts..

Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets..

Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.

Winter''s Bark :: Winter's bark () The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577..

Rank :: Rank (n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral..

Admiralties :: Admiralties (pl. ) of Admiralt.

Decree :: Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..

Prisage :: Prisage (n.) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

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