Definition of admiral

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Admiral (n.) A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets..

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Apostle :: Apostle (n.) A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts..
Respondent :: Respondent (n.) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant..
Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
Winter''s Bark :: Winter's bark () The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577..
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
Ammiral :: Ammiral (n.) An obsolete form of admiral.
Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
Decree :: Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
Black Book :: Black book () A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III..
Pacha :: Pacha () The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business..
Proctor :: Proctor (n.) An officer employed in admiralty and ecclesiastical causes. He answers to an attorney at common law, or to a solicitor in equity..
Sentence :: Sentence (n.) In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases..
Prisage :: Prisage (n.) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets..
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
Admiralties :: Admiralties (pl. ) of Admiralt.
Admiralship :: Admiralship (n.) The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral..
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