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..
Stipulation ::
Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.
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.
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..
Admiral ::
Admiral (n.) The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet..
Decree ::
Decree (n.) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty..
Admiralship ::
Admiralship (n.) The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral..
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..
Black Book ::
Black book () A book of admiralty law, of the highest authority, compiled in the reign of Edw. III..
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..
Admiral ::
Admiral (n.) A handsome butterfly (Pyrameis Atalanta) of Europe and America. The larva feeds on nettles.
Admiralty ::
Admiralty (n.) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
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..
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..
Commodore ::
Commodore (n.) A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral..
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