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Cinque Ports [quinque prtus, Lat.], certain anciently enfranchised havens, lying on the coast towards France. In the time of Edward the Confessor there were only there ports, viz., Dover, Sandwich, and Rommey; but in the time of William the Conqueror Hastings and Hythe were added, making five, whence the name Cinque Ports. Winchelsea and Rye were afterwards added by or before the accession of King John, but the old name, though now become inappropriate, was still retained. The (English) Cinque Ports Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 48), abolishes all jurisdiction and authority of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle, in or in relation to the administration of justice in actions, suits, or other civil proceedings at law or in equity, but with a saving (s. 10) of his Admiralty jurisdiction and certain other rights. The office of Lord Warden is still one of great dignity, and is always held by some person of eminence....
Guardian, or Warden, of the Cinque Ports
Guardian, or Warden, of the Cinque Ports, a magistrate who has the jurisdiction of the ports or havens which are called the Cinque Ports. This office was first created amongst us, in imitation of the Roman policy, to strengthen the sea-coasts against enemies, etc., Camd. Brit. 238. See CINQUE PORTS...
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. See CINQUE PORTS....
Cinque Ports
Five English ports to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded viz Hastings Romney Hythe Dover and Sandwich afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea Rye and some minor places...
Shepway, Court of
Shepway, Court of, a Court held before the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. A writ of error lay from the Mayor and jurats of each port to the Lord Warden in this Court, and thence to the King's Bench. The civil jurisdiction of the Cinque Ports is abolished by 18 & 19 Vict. c. 48...
Portman
An inhabitant or burgess of a port esp of one of the Cinque Ports...
Conservators of the truce and safe conducts
Conservators of the truce and safe conducts, officers appointed to hear and determine questions relating to the breaking of the king's truce and safe conducts upon the main sea, out of the liberties of the Cinque Ports. It was enacted by 18 Hen. 6, c. 4, that if any of the king's subjects attempt or offend upon the sea, or in any port within the king's obeisance, against any stranger in amity, league, or truce, or under safe conduct, and especially by attacking his person, or spoiling him, or robbing him of his goods, the Lord Chancellor, with any of the justices of either the King's Bench or Common Pleas, should cause full restitution and amends to be made to the party injured, Jac. Law Dict....
Pilot
Pilot, a person taken on board at any particular place for the purpose of conducting a ship through a river, road, or channel, or from or into a port, defined in s. 742 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, as meaning 'any person not belonging to a ship who has the conduct thereof.' Pilots are established in various parts of the country, by ancient charters of incorporation or by particular statutes. The most important of these in-corporations are those of the Trinity House, Deptford Stroned; the fellowship of the Pilots of Dover, Deal, and the Isle of Thanet, commonly called the Cinque Port Pilots; and the Trinity Houses of Hull and New castle. For the general law on the subject of pilots and pilotage, see the Pilotage Acts, 1913 (2 & 3 Geo. 5, c. 31) and amending Acts and the Pilotage Authorities (Limitation of Liability) Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 36). Consult Digby and Cole on Pilots.Compulsory Pilots.--By the Act of 1913, s. 15 (reversing the Common Law rule), own...
Combarones
Combarones, the fellow-barons or commonalty of the Cinque Ports, Jac. Law Dict....
Portmen
Portmen, the burgesses of Ipswich and of the Cinque Ports, Camden....
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