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Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The system of jurisprudence of 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..

Black Book :: Black book () A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III..

Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral..

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.

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

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

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

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..

Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.

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

Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

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.

Admiralties :: Admiralties (pl. ) of Admiralt.

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..

Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.

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

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

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..

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