vice-admiraltyn.
/ˌvʌɪsˈadm(ᵻ)rəlti/, /ˌvʌɪsˈadm(ᵻ)rl̩ti/, U.S. /ˌvaɪsˈædm(ə)rəlti/ a. The office or jurisdiction of a vice-admiral (in sense 1b); an area under the jurisdiction of a vice-admiral. court of vice-admiralty, = vice-admiralty court.
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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > courts dealing with maritime or river matters > branch of admiralty court
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vice-admiralty court1762
society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > vice-admiral > position of
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vice-admiralship1677
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > flag officer > admiral > subordinate admirals > office of
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1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 87v The Vice-admiralty is exercised by Mr Charles Treuanion.
1679–88 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) (Camden) 29 Daniel Gyles, Marshall of the Vice Admiralty of Southampton and the Isle of Wight.
1702 Proclam. in London Gaz. No. 3872/2 All Vice-Admirals, and Judges of the Vice-Admiralties are also to do the same.
1706 Act 6 Anne c. 11 §19 That the Heretable Rights of Admiralty and Vice Admiralties in Scotland be reserved to the respective Proprietors as Rights of Property.
1773 Gentleman's Mag. 43 402 The extending the power of the courts of vice-admiralty to so enormous a degree, as deprives the people in the colonies..of their inestimable right to trials by juries.
1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxxi. 283 The crown lawyers overruled all objections..and the king set up his courts of vice-admiralty in America.]
b. vice-admiralty court (see quot. 1867).
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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > courts dealing with maritime or river matters > branch of admiralty court
court of vice-admiralty1602
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1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 i. 127/2 Their lordships reversed the sentence of the vice-admiralty court, and ordered restitution of ships and cargoes.
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 69 Appeals from the vice-admiralty courts in America..may be brought before the courts of admiralty in England.
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer III. ii. 50 The ‘True-blooded Yankee’ was libelled in the vice admiralty Court at Cape Town.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. v. 28 The Queen..may regulate the practice of her Vice-Admiralty Courts abroad.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Vice-admiralty courts, branches of the High Court of Admiralty, instituted for carrying on the like duties in several of our colonies, prize-courts, &c.
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