Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Admiralty Clause.

The clause of the U.S. Constitution giving the federal courts jurisdiction over maritime cases. U.S. Const. art. III, § 2, cl. 1.

Admiralty, First Lord.

See FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.

Court of Admiralty

See HIGH COURT OF ADMI. RALTY.

First Lord of the Admiralty

Hist. In Britain, a minister and one of the lord commissioners who presided over the navy. ( The First Lord was assisted by other lords, called Sea Lords, and various secretaries.

High Court of Admiralty.

In England, a court exercising jurisdiction in matters relating to shipping, collision, and salvage cases. ( The court dates from the 14th century, and much of its early history concerns prize and piracy cases. Its jurisdiction varied through the centuries, sometimes extending into criminal matters and other areas of law not related directly to maritime issues. The Judicature Acts of 1873-1875 merged the Court into the High Court as part of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division. The Administration of Justice Act of 1970 established a new Admiralty Court as part of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court. It is regulated by the Supreme Court Act of 1981. - Also termed Court of the Lord High Admiral; Court of Admiralty. Cf. ADMIRALTY (1)

Suits in Admiralty Act

A federal law giving injured parties the right to sue the government in admiralty. 46 USCA app. §§ 741-752.

Supplemental Rules for Certain Maritime and Admiralty Claims

See MARITIME JURISDICTION.

admiralty

n. 1. A court that exercises jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, or offenses. 0 The federal courts are so called when exercising their admiralty jurisdiction, which is conferred by the U.S. Constitution (art. III, § 2, cl. 1). - Also termed admiralty court; maritime court. 2. The system of jurisprudence that has grown out of the practice of admiralty courts; MARITIME LAW. 3. Narrowly, the rules governing contract, tort,

admiralty court

See ADMIRALTY (1).

admiralty court.

See ADMIRALTY (1).

admiralty law.

See MARITIME LAW.

and workers'-compensation claims arising out of commerce on or over water. - Also termed (in senses 2 & 3) admiralty law. - admiralty, adj.

droits of admiralty

n. The Lord High Admiral's rights in connection with the sea, such as the right to recover proceeds from shipwrecks, enemy goods confiscated at the beginning of hostilities, jetsam, flotsam, treasure, deodand, fines, forfeitures, sturgeons, whales, and other large fishes. 0 The droit proceeds are paid to the Exchequer's office for the public's use. See PRIZE (2)."The crown had originally certain rights to property found upon the sea, or stranded upon the shore. The chief kinds of property to which the crown was thus entitled were, great fish (such as whales or porpoises, deodands, wreck of the sea, flotsam, jetsa

vice-admiralty

1. The office of a vice-admiral. 2. Hist. A civil officer exercising admiralty jurisdiction within a specific locale.

vice-admiralty court

Hist. A tribunal established in British possessions beyond the seas, with jurisdiction over maritime cases, including those related to prize. ( The governor of the colony, in the capacity of "vice-admiral," exercised judicial authority in this court.

ward of admiralty

Hist. A seaman, so called because of the legal view that a seaman, in contractual matters, should be treated as a beneficiary and the other contracting party as a fiduciary due to their perceived inequitable bargaining positions.