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Vice admiralty courts were juryless courts located in British colonies that were granted jurisdiction over local legal matters related to maritime activities, such as disputes between merchants and seamen.

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Vice admiralty court

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Vice admiralty courts were juryless courts located in British colonies that were granted jurisdiction over local legal matters related to maritime activities...

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Admiralty court

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Admiralty courts, also known as maritime courts, are courts exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, and offences. The Scottish...

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Townshend Acts

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1767. The New York Restraining Act 1767 passed on 2 July 1767. The Vice Admiralty Court Act 1768 passed on 8 March 1768. The purposes of the acts were to...

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Prize money

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prizes assessed in overseas Vice-Admiralty courts could be reassessed in the Admiralty Court in Britain if the Admiralty appealed the initial valuation...

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West Africa Squadron

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several Mixed Commission Courts were established, replacing the Vice Admiralty Court in Freetown. These Mixed Commission Courts had officials from both...

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Admiralty in the 16th century

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prerogative court established in the early 16th. A vice-admiralty court is in effect an admiralty court. The word “vice” in the name of the court denoted...

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Federal Court of Canada

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provinces, admiralty law jurisdiction was not conferred on them, which continued to be vested in the vice-admiralty courts under the British Vice Admiralty Courts...

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Board of Admiralty

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The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission. As that position was not...

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Courts of the County Palatine of Durham

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records of this Halmote Court are from 1345 onwards. There were courts of forest and marshalsea. There was a vice admiralty court from the seventeenth century...

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George Rex

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number of positions in the Cape Colony – including Marshal of the Vice-admiralty Court, notary public to the Governor and advocate for the Crown – before...

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Merchant navy

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Consignor Principal Owner Seaman Mutiny Stevedore Judiciaries Admiralty court Vice admiralty court International conventions Hague-Visby Rules Hamburg Rules...

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Admiralty law

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Admiralty law or maritime law is a body of law that governs nautical issues and private maritime disputes. Admiralty law consists of both domestic law...

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Shuffleboard

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Retrieved 2007-09-22. The Toronto—Collinson, Stuart's Ad. Rep., 170 (Vice-Admiralty Court for Lower Canada 1837). Martineau, Harriet (1838). Retrospect of...

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Jonathan Sewall

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Sewall a casualty of the war. Sewall later served as a judge in the Vice Admiralty Court of Nova Scotia. He died in Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1796. His...

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Consignee

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Consignor Principal Owner Seaman Mutiny Stevedore Judiciaries Admiralty court Vice admiralty court International conventions Hague-Visby Rules Hamburg Rules...

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Waybill

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Consignor Principal Owner Seaman Mutiny Stevedore Judiciaries Admiralty court Vice admiralty court International conventions Hague-Visby Rules Hamburg Rules...

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Blackbeard

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told Eden that he had found the French ship at sea, deserted. A Vice Admiralty Court was quickly convened, presided over by Tobias Knight and the Collector...

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Pro forma

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(2013-06-24). "Supreme Court to weigh in on Obama's recess appointments". The Washington Post. "NRLB vs Noel Canning" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States...

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Act of God

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down by act of God before a contract of hire could be fulfilled, and the court deemed the contract frustrated. In other contracts, such as indemnification...

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Force majeure

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court. The case was merely reiterated and affirmed by the Court of Appeals. Finally in 1986 the case was decided with finality by the Supreme Court....

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Freight forwarder

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Consignor Principal Owner Seaman Mutiny Stevedore Judiciaries Admiralty court Vice admiralty court International conventions Hague-Visby Rules Hamburg Rules...

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Judge of the High Court of Admiralty

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Court of Admiralty was created as a separate court following the Battle of Sluys in 1340. In the following century, it was administered by the Vice-Admiral...

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First Lord of the Admiralty

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The First Lord of the Admiralty, or formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the political head of the English and later British Royal...

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