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Navy
first enacted by the authority of Parliament soon after the Restoration, but it is now regulated by the Naval Discipline Act (29 & 30 Vict. c. 109), as amended by the (English) Naval Discipline Acts, 1884, 1909,
Reserve Forces
be called out on permanent service. 2. Navy.--The reserve forces of the Navy are composed of:--(a) the Royal Naval Reserve, established by the Royal Naval Reserve (Volunteer) Act, 1859, which consists of officers and men from the
Admiralty
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
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Impressing men
has now entirely displaced it. The practice is still clearly legal, and is recognized impliedly by the (English) Naval Enlistment Act, 1835 (5 & 6 Wm. 4, c. 24), which, however, provides that no person shall be
Wills
personal estate made by soldiers in actual military service, or seamen at sea. This exception includes military and naval officers of all ranks. A will made under this s. requires no attestation, and s. 15 does not
Ship's agent
Ship's agent. The Naval Agency and Distribution Act, 1864, provides for the appointment of an agent by the commanding officer of each
Marine
Marine, a general name for the navy of a kingdom or state; as also the whole economy of naval affairs, or whatever respects the building, rigging, arming, equipping, navigating, and fighting of ships. It comprehends also the
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General
as those of the officiating judge advocate on military courts-martial. See Thring's Criminal Law of the Navy; and Naval Regulations and Instructions, chap. xi.; and see the (English) Naval Discipline Acts, 1866 and 1884.
Foreign Enlistment Act
peace.' by s. 4 of this Act, if any British subject accepts any engagement in the military or naval service of any foreign state at war with any foreign state at peace with the Crown, he is
Foreign-going vessel or aircraft
airport outside India, whether touching any intermediate port or airport in India or not, and includes- (i) any naval vessel of a foreign Government taking part in any naval exercises; (ii) any vessel engaged in fishing or
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