Court of Admiralty:
A rather archaic term used to denote the court which has the right to hear shipping, ocean and sea legal cases. Also known as "maritime law".
" When acting in a court of admiralty he is styled "proctor" or "advocate.
By the Act of 1873 the Court of Chancery, the Court of Queen's Bench (or King's Bench, when there is a King), the Court of Common Pleas, the Court of Exchequer, the High Court of Admiralty, ...
In England, where the term admiralty law continues even where, in most other jurisdictions, the term maritime law has come to replace it, the Court of Admiralty "is concerned mainly with questions and claims arising in relation to ships (and) ...
The English court of admiralty is divided into two distinct tribunals; the one having, generally, all the jurisdiction of the admiralty, except in prize cases, is called the instance court; the other, acting under a special commission, ...
Maritime: business pertaining to commerce or navigation transacted upon the sea or in seaports in such matters as the court of admiralty has jurisdiction.
which he makes, with an averment that the acts complained of are contrary to equity , and a prayer for relief and proper process. Its office in a chancery suit, is the same as a declaration in an action at law, a libel in a court of admiralty or an ...
 See also: Court, Nation, Admiralty, Action, Power
  
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