• Admiralty law or maritime law is a body of law that governs nautical issues and private maritime disputes. Admiralty law consists of both domestic law...
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  • In admiralty law, barratry is an act of gross misconduct committed by a master or crew of a vessel resulting in damage to the vessel or its cargo. These...
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  • Admiralty law in the United States is a matter of federal law. In the United States, the federal district courts have jurisdiction over all admiralty...
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  • 1964 The rank of admiral Admiralty law Admiralty can also refer to: Admiralty, Trafalgar Square, a pub in London Admiralty, Saint Petersburg, Russia...
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  • Admiralty courts, also known as maritime courts, are courts exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, and offences. The Scottish...
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  • A libel, in admiralty law, is the first pleading of the complainant. It is filed in the office of the clerk of the court to commence the action. It is...
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    Commercial Code are examples of codified common law commercial principles. Admiralty law and the sea law lay a basic framework for free trade and commerce...
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    In admiralty law prizes (from the Old French prise, "taken, seized") are equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict. The most...
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    Iceland, the American Old West, Gaelic Ireland, and merchant law, admiralty law, and early common law. Anarcho-capitalism is distinguished from minarchism, which...
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    international law of the sea, and is sometimes regarded as the "constitution of the oceans". Law of the sea is the public law counterpart to admiralty law (also...
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  • distinct from prize law, which is the seizing of property from the enemy at a time of war, for which a reward was made by an admiralty court sitting as a...
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  • Czech Republic Libel (admiralty law), a proceeding in admiralty law Seditious libel, a criminal offence under English common law, related to attacks on...
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  • area of concern overlaps that of admiralty law and, in many cases, aviation law is considered a matter of international law due to the nature of air travel...
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    system – Automatic tracking system that uses transceivers on ships Admiralty law – Law of the oceans and their use Fisheries management – Regulation of...
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    General average (category Admiralty law)
    average traces its origins in ancient maritime law, and the principle remains within the admiralty law of most countries. It is provided by the Lex Rhodia...
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  • SOLAS Convention (category Admiralty law treaties)
    Many countries have turned these international requirements into national laws so that anybody on the sea who is in breach of SOLAS V requirements may find...
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    The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its...
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  • Pseudolaw Admiralty law Freeman on the land movement Redemption movement Sovereign citizens Strawman theory Tax protesters Satirical Acre Bielefeld Birds...
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    Merchant Mariner Credential (category United States admiralty law)
    The Merchant Mariner Credential (MMC) is a credential issued by the United States Coast Guard in accordance with guidelines of the International Convention...
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    context, "common law" has been described as a body of judge-made law enforced and developed by the courts which includes equity and admiralty law, and which...
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  • Trinity House rules were included in the Steam Navigation Act 1846, and the Admiralty regulations regarding lights for steam ships were included in this statute...
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  • Seaworthiness is a concept that runs through maritime law in at least four contractual relationships. In a marine insurance voyage policy, the assured...
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    Flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict (category Admiralty law)
    words have specific nautical meanings, with legal consequences in the law of admiralty and marine salvage. A shipwreck is defined as the remains of a ship...
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  • Vice admiralty courts were juryless courts located in British colonies that were granted jurisdiction over local legal matters related to maritime activities...
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  • Chartering (shipping) (category Admiralty law)
    certain risk or liabilities. That could include fines and breaking of a law, cargo or vessel damage and physical injuries including and up to death....
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    expansive definition of its maritime law, which goes beyond traditional admiralty law. The original English admiralty jurisdiction was called "wet", as it...
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    of the Longshoreman's Union. Transport portal 1913 Sligo Dock strike Admiralty law Battle of Ballantyne Pier (Canada) Dockers Union (disambiguation) Dunnage...
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  • Maritime lien (category Admiralty law)
    A maritime lien, in English and US law and elsewhere, is a specific aspect of admiralty law concerning a claim against a ship for services rendered to...
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