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1493 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 290/2 Personis quhilkis past apoun þe assise in a pretendit admirall court.

1535–6 in D. H. Fleming Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1921) II. 254/1 Oure courtis of lieutenandry, wardanery, admarall courtis.

1580 in Mariner's Mirror (1920) 6 287/1 To kaye hauen..there to kepe the admarall corte.

c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 218 Tyme of halding of admirall courtis.

1681 London Gaz. mdcliv/4 An Act concerning the Jurisdiction of Admiral-Court.

1702 W. Sacheverell Acct. Isle of Man 91 The Water-Bayliff..holds the Admiral-Courts on all emergencies.

1779 H. Arnot Hist. Edinb. iii. v. 490 He exercised his jurisdiction by deputies, the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and the judges of inferior admiral courts in the different districts.

1852 E. G. Holland Highland Treason i. ii. 251 England..gives to admiral courts..a dang'rous Sum of power.

1921 Shipping (N.Y.) 25 Aug. 57 The value of a newly fitted craft..provided the British Admiral Court with a problem.

2000 Africa News (Nexis) 25 Sept. MV River Mada owned by the Nigerian National Shipping Line, NNSL, was the subject of a judicial sale by admiral court in London in 1996.