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What (who) is Admiralty - definition
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Admiralty (disambiguation); ADMIRALTY; Admirality; Admiralty Station; Admiralty Station (disambiguation); Admiralty building
Admiralty
¦ noun (plural Admiralties)
1. (in the UK) the government department that formerly administered the Royal Navy, now used only in titles.
2. (admiralty) Law the jurisdiction of courts of law over cases concerning ships or the sea.
Admiralty
In Britain, the Admiralty is the government department that is in charge of the navy.
N-PROPER: the N
admiralty
n. concerning activities which occur at sea, including on small boats and ships in navigable bays. Admiralty law (maritime law) includes accidents and injuries at sea, maritime contracts and commerce, alleged violations of rules of the sea over shipping lanes and rights-of-way, and mutiny and other crimes on shipboard. Jurisdiction over all these matters rests in the federal courts, which do not use juries in admiralty cases. There are other special rules in processing maritime cases, which are often handled by admiralty law specialists. Lawyers appearing in admiralty cases are called "proctors."
See also: maritime law
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Admiralty
Admiralty most often refers to:
- Admiralty, Hong Kong
- Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964
- The rank of admiral
- Admiralty law
Admiralty can also refer to:
Examples of use of Admiralty
1. Previously occupied by Chancellors of the Exchequer Admiralty Arch Built in 18th century for First Lord of the Admiralty.
2. Mr Prescott has retained his office in the Old Admiralty building, which was formerly occupied by the First Lord of the Admiralty.
3. When John was ten, his father – by this time a Conservative MP – became First Lord of the Admiralty, and the family moved into Admiralty House on Whitehall.
4. Together the Admiralty House flats are worth 7million.
5. Admiralty Arch became a favourite bikers‘ rendez–vous.