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

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

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..

Board :: Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..

Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stipulation :: Stipulation (n.) A material article of an agreement; an undertaking in the nature of bail taken in the admiralty courts; a bargain.

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

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..

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..

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..

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..

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.

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

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

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