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Admiralty, the Executive Department of State which presides over the naval forces of the kingdom. The normal head is the 'Lord High Admiral,' but in practice the functions of the Office are discharged by several Commissioners, of whom one is the Chief, and is called the First Lord. He is a member of the Cabinet and is assisted by four Sea Lords, now always selected from Officers of the Service, two Civil Lords and a Secretary.Means a court that exercises jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries or offences. The federal courts are so-called when exercising their admiralty jurisdiction, which is conferred by U.S. Constitution (Article III 2, Cl. 1), Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 47.The Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice was, as far as relates to Admiralty, formerly called the High Court of Admiralty, and was held before the Judge of the Admiralty, who formerly sat as deputy of the Lord High Admiral of England until that office was ...
Vice-Admiralty Courts
Vice-Admiralty Courts, tribunals established in his Majesty's possessions beyond the seas with jurisdiction over maritime causes, including those relating to prize. See 3 Steph. Com.The Vice-Admiralty Courts Act, 1863 (26 Vict. c. 24), repealed 2 & 3 Wm. 4 c. 51, and other Acts. For the matters in respect of which the Vice-Admiralty Courts should have jurisdiction, see ss. 10, 11 of the 1863 Act.The above Act, with other cognate enactments, is repealed by the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 27), by which (see s. 17) Vice-Admiralty Courts are abolished, and superseded (see s. 2) by Colonial Courts with unlimited jurisdiction in Admiralty, subject to an appeal (see s. 6) to the Sovereign in Council.The Act has been amended in regard to the self-governing Dominions by the Statute of Westminster (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 4), ss. 1, 6 and 11....
Droits of admiralty
Droits of admiralty, the perquisites attached to the office of Admiral of England (or Lord High Admiral). Prince George of Denmark, the husband of Queen Anne and Lord High Admiral, resigned the rights to these droits to the Crown for a salary, as Lord High Admiral, of 7,000l. a year. When the office was vacant, they belonged to the Crown. Of these perquisites, the most valuable is the right to the property of an enemy seized on the breaking out of hostilities. In the arrangement of the Civil List during the recent reigns, it was settled that whatever droits of Admiralty accrued were to be paid into the Exchequer for the use of the public. The Lord High Admiral's right to the tenth part of the property captured on the seas has been relinquished in favour of the captors. Droits of Admiralty also included all unclaimed wreck, flotsam, jetsam, ligan and derelict, which are now dealt with by the (English) Receiver of Wreck for the District, Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60),...
Court having admiralty jurisdiction
Court having admiralty jurisdiction. The legislature of a British possession may by any Colonial Law Q:-(a) declare any court of unlimited civil jurisdiction whether original or appellate, in that possession to be a Colonial Court of Admiralty, and provide for the exercise by such Court of its jurisdiction under this Act, and limit territorially, or otherwise, the extent of such jurisdiction; and (b) confer upon any inferior or subordinate Court in that possession such partial or limited Admiralty jurisdiction under such regulations and with such appeal (if any) as may seem fit. [Colonial Courts of Admiralty (India) Act, 1891 (16 of 1891), s. 3]...
Admiralty Court
Admiralty Court, includes the Admiralty Court of Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice and any other court exercising Admiralty Jurisdiction. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(1), 4th Edn., Para 310, Note 4, p. 425....
Admiralty proceedings
Admiralty proceedings, means proceedings in the Admiralty Court of the Queen's Bench Divison of the High Court of Justice and in any other court exercising Admiralty Jurisdiction. Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(1), 4th Edn., Para 310, Note 22, p. 425....
admiralty court
admiralty court A court exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries or offenses. Federal district courts have jurisdiction over admiralty and maritime actions. Source: FindLaw ...
court of admiralty
court of admiralty :admiralty ...
Admiralty claim in rem
Admiralty claim in rem, means the claim in rem. Practice Direction Admiralty, (2000) PD 49F para 1.4(b), Note 1. See also Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(1), 4th Edn., Para 310, Note 1. p. 425....
Admiralty, droits of
Admiralty, droits of, See DROITS OF ADMIRALTY...
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