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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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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..

Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.

Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

Rank :: Rank (n. & v.) Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral..

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..

Lawsuit :: Lawsuit (n.) An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.

Admiral :: Admiral (n.) The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet..

Admiral :: Admiral (n.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.

Chart :: Chart (n.) A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts..

Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business..

Ammiral :: Ammiral (n.) An obsolete form of admiral.

Libelant :: Libelant (n.) One who libels; one who institutes a suit in an ecclesiastical or admiralty court.

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..

Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.

Admiralties :: Admiralties (pl. ) of Admiralt.

Black Book :: Black book () A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III..

Prisage :: Prisage (n.) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.

Pacha :: Pacha () The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.

Decree :: Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..