admiralty

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
: The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts
The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business
: The office or jurisdiction of an admiral
: The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses
: The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally
{n} the supreme naval power or office for settling maritime affairs
> A term used for official British patterns of instruments, weapons, or other items
The part of the British military that controls the Royal Navy
The law and court with jurisdiction over maritime affairs in general
In Britain, the Admiralty is the government department that is in charge of the navy. the Admiralty the government department that controls the British navy. Admiralty Islands High Court of Admiralty admiralty law
the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)
Any civil or criminal issue having to do with maritime law [ITDS]
the office of admiral
The court having jurisdiction over questions of maritime law; the system of law administered by admiralty courts
The law pertaining to the sea, covering for example the arrest and sale of ships
The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts
The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses
the office of admiral the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)
The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally
{i} position or authority of an admiral, admiralship
The office or jurisdiction of an admiral
Admiralty ham
(Royal Navy, c 1900) Tinned fish
admiralty law
: The area of law that deals with ships at sea and the rights of sailors, passengers, and owners of cargo
Admiralty Arch
a large arch (=a structure with a curved top and straight sides) in central London, between the Mall and Trafalgar Square
Admiralty Inlet
An arm of the Pacific Ocean in northwest Washington. It is the northernmost part of Puget Sound and lies between Whidbey Island and the mainland
Admiralty Island
A mountainous, heavily forested island of southeast Alaska in the Alexander Archipelago southwest of Juneau
Admiralty Islands
A group of volcanic islands of the southwest Pacific Ocean in the Bismarck Archipelago. Discovered by the Dutch in 1616, the islands are now part of Papua New Guinea. Island group (pop., 2000 est.: 41,748), Papua New Guinea. An extension of the Bismarck Archipelago comprising about 40 islands, the Admiralty Islands lie about 190 mi (300 km) north of the mainland of Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean. Most of the land area of the islands is contained in Manus Island, which is the site of Lorengau, the islands' principal settlement. First sighted by the Dutch explorer Willem Schouten in 1616, it was named by the British captain Philip Carteret in 1767. Subsequently ruled by the Germans, Australians, and Japanese, the islands were made part of the UN Trust Territory of New Guinea in 1946. When Papua New Guinea attained independence in 1975, the islands became part of that country
Admiralty Range
A mountain group of Antarctica on the northern coast of Victoria Land northwest of Ross Sea. The range was discovered by Sir James Ross on his 1841 expedition
admiralty island
an Alaskan island in the Alexander Archipelago near Juneau
admiralty islands
a group of islands in the Bismarck Archipelago
admiralty law
(Legal) system of laws and rules for behavior that are specific to sailing and commercial trading by sea
admiralty range
mountains in Antarctica north of Victoria Land
First Lord of the Admiralty
person in charge of the government department dealing with naval affairs (British)
High Court of Admiralty
In England, formerly the court presided over by the deputy of the admiral of the fleet. It was established 1360 to deal with matters of discipline and cases of piracy and prizes (ships and goods captured at sea), but it eventually had jurisdiction over mercantile and shipping matters. In 1875 it was merged with the other great courts of England into the High Court of Justice
admiralty

    الواصلة

    ad·mi·ral·ty

    التركية النطق

    ädmırılti

    النطق

    /ˈadmərəltē/ /ˈædmɜrəltiː/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    () From French amirauté, for an older amiralté (“office of admiral”), from Late Latin admiralitas. See admiral
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