admiralty
Sea law branch
Admiralty refers to the branch of law dealing with maritime matters—shipping disputes, ocean commerce, salvage rights, and injuries at sea.
Courts of admiralty jurisdiction handle cases involving vessels and navigation.
The term also denotes naval command or administration generally: He spent his career in admiralty affairs. (Capitalized Admiralty refers to the British naval authority.)
Judicial decision-making body
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- litigationLegal dispute process
- shipownerOne who holds vessel title
- proctorExamination overseer
Visual data displays
- hydrographyStudy of water bodies
- soundingsMeasured water depths
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- sextantMaritime angular measurement device
chronometer · lighthouse · buoy · beacon · pilot · nautical almanac · tide tables · sea lanes
How authority is exercised
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
tribunal
Judicial decision-making body
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- litigationLegal dispute process
- shipownerOne who holds vessel title
charts
Visual data displays
- hydrographyStudy of water bodies
- soundingsMeasured water depths
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
sextant · chronometer · lighthouse · buoy · beacon · pilot · nautical almanac · tide tables · sea lanes · shipping routes
governance
How authority is exercised
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- maritime groupsport authority, coastguard, navy, merchant marine, shipping company
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- institutionsacademy, government, public hospitals, museum, public libraries
- legal systemsconstitutional law, judiciary, criminal code, court system, penal code
admiraltyland law
Rules governing real estate
common law · civil law · domestic law · criminal law · equity
admiraltyarmy
Organized land-based military
land forces · ground forces · infantry · general staff · air force
- rear admiralsNavy rank below vice
- vice admiralSenior navy rank
- Admiral NelsonFamous British naval commander
- Admiral Ackbar
- fleet admiralTop naval officer grade
- grand admiralHighest naval officer rank