admiralty law
Noun
Meaning
the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.
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maritime law
marine law
admiralty
equity
jurisprudence
martial law
law of the sea
shipping law
maritime act
maritime laws
coastal law
continental shelf law
exclusive economic zone law
fisheries law
maritime jurisdiction
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Regardless, the men were tried with their comrades in Williamsburg's Capitol building, under admiralty law, on 12 March 1719.
While seventeenth-century English admiralty law allowed captains great leeway in using violence against their crew, outright murder was not permitted.