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Roger
A black flag with white skull and crossbones formerly used by pirates called also Jolly Roger and pirate flag
Danegelt, Danegeld, or Danegold
through the realm, levied by the Anglo-Saxons for maintaining forces sufficient to clear the British seas of Danish pirates, who greatly annoyed our coasts. It continued a tax until the time of Stephen, and was one of
Droits of admiralty
see PRIZE. The Admiralty jurisdiction in the High Court, however, extends to trover property and ships recaptured from pirates, (English) Judic. Act, 1925, s. 22
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Maritime perils
incidental to, the navigation of the sea, that is to say, perils of the seas, fire, war perils, pirates, rovers, thieves, captures, seizures, restraints and detainments of princes and peoples, jettisons, barratry and any other perils which
Perils of the sea
but the law has extended this phrase to comprehend events not attributable to natural causes, as captures by pirates, and losses by collision, where no blame is attachable to either ship, or at all events to the
Torture
of January 28th, 1905, at p. 294, where attention is directed to the preamble of the Act for Pirates, 27 Hen. 8, c. 4 (repealed by the (English) Statute Law Revision Act, 1863). The infliction of intense
Bounty
OF QUEEN ANNE. (3) Money paid to officers and crew of a king's ship which had successfully engaged pirates, slave traders, etc. (4) King's Bounty: the grant made by the Crown on the birth of three or
Piracy
The act or crime of a pirate
Copyright
and the (English) Musical Copyright Act, 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 36), authorizing the seizure and destruction of pirated copies, are left unrepealed; and so are s. 7 and (with slight alteration) s. 8 of the (English)
Sea king
the Norsemen who passed their lives in roving the seas in search of plunder and adventures a Norse pirate chief See the Note under Viking
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