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What does admiralty mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word admiralty? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (military) The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
  2. (military) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
  3. (law) The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
  4. (law) The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
  5. (military) The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.
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These MS. charts are forwarded to the admiralty, and form the foundation of the hydrography of the world.
In admiralty, Thomas, a student at the University of Hong Kong, shared a few well-worn words.
Those two countries, for the purposes of their transactions, adapted certain elements of British admiralty law.
This general rule of construction should especially guide a court of admiralty in interpreting a contract of bottomry and respondentia.
Gallipoli was the brainchild of Winston Churchill, then first lord of the admiralty.
So the very purpose of proceedings within the admiralty jurisdiction is in respect of a general maritime cause which includes the provision of security.

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