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Fishery

(English) Law of Property Act, 1922. The term is also applied to fishing grounds, or parts of the sea where at certain seasons numbers of fish are taken. The right of frequenting these has frequently been the

Ship's papers

of nations to be onboard neutral ships, to vindicate their title to that character; they are the passport, sea-brief, or sea-letter, proofs of property, the muster-roll, or role d'equipage; the charter-party, the bills of lading and invoices,

Arm of the sea

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Foreshore

Foreshore. 'The shore and bed of the sea and of every channel, creek, bay, estuary, and of every navigable river of the United Kingdom as far

Sea greens

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Chambers of the King

King (Regi' camer'). The exclusive territorial jurisdiction of the British Crown over the in closed parts of the sea long the coasts of the island of Great Britain has immemorially extended to those bays called the King's

search

regulatory or statutory scheme esp. in public or commercial premises and usually to enforce compliance with regulations or laws pertaining to health, safety, or security [one of the fundamental principles of administrative searches is that the government … search 1 : an exploratory investigation (as of an area or person) by a government agent that intrudes on

Births, Marriages, and Deaths

in England in important particulars, and consolidates the law relating to the registration of births and deaths at sea. This Act (s. 1) imposes upon the father and mother of a child, and in their default, upon … in England. The Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1874 [37 & 38 (English) Vict. c. 88], amends the laws relating to the Registration of Births and Deaths in England in important particulars, and consolidates the law relating

Amalphitan code

Amalphitan code, a collection of sea-laws, complied about the end of the eleventh century by the people of Amalphi. It consists of the laws

Aberfraw

Aberfraw [aber-fraw, Welsh, efflux of the Fraw]. The princely seat of Venedotia (North Wales) was situated where the brook Fraw flows into the sea. Here was erected the … erected the Supreme Court of Law for the administration of justice in that part of the principality, Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales.

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