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Sea

Sea. See FOUR SEAS. The main or high seas are part of the realm of England, for thereon the Courts of Admiralty have jurisdiction, but they are

Taking out to a place outside India

place outside India, the expression 'taking out to a place outside India' would also mean a place in high seas. It is beyond the territorial waters in India. High seas would also mean a place outside India, if … outside India' would also mean a place in high seas. It is beyond the territorial waters in India. High seas would also mean a place outside India, if it is beyond the territorial waters of India. Therefore, if

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Pirate

A robber on the high seas one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas especially one who makes … A robber on the high seas one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas especially one who makes it his business to cruise for robbery or plunder a freebooter on the seas

Ship

Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 1). The criminal jurisdiction of British courts extends to British ships on the high seas, and in foreign rivers below the bridges where the tide ebbs and flows, R. v. Anderson, LR 1

Prize Court

Acts, 1864 to 1916, as amended by any subsequent enactment, and should have all such jurisdiction on the high seas and throughout His Majesty's dominions and in every place where His Majesty has jurisdiction as under any Act

Central Criminal Court

1925, s. 74). The 17th section of the Act authorizes the Court to try offences committed on the high seas; and the (English) Central Criminal Court Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 16) [see (English) Palmer's Act],

piracy

piracy pl: -cies 1 : an act of robbery esp. on the high seas ;specif : an illegal act of violence, detention, or plunder committed for private ends by crew or passengers … ends by crew or passengers of a private ship or aircraft against another ship or aircraft on the high seas or in a place outside the jurisdiction of any state see also aircraft piracy Article I of the

Bill of Lading

themselves may be dealt with by the owner of them while they are still onboard ship and upon high seas, William R. Anson, Principles of the Law of Contract, 380 (Arthur L. Corbin Edn. 3rd Am ed 1919).

Droits of admiralty

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, … 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

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