admiralty

American  

[ad-mer-uhl-tee] / ˈæd mər əl ti /

noun

plural

admiralties

1. the office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

2. the officials or the department of state having charge of naval affairs, as in Great Britain.

3. a court dealing with maritime questions, offenses, etc.

4. maritime law.

5. the Admiralty, the official building, in London, of the British commissioners for naval affairs.

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adjective

1. of or relating to admiralty law.

admiralty British  

/ ˈædmərəltɪ /

noun

1. the office or jurisdiction of an admiral

2. 1. jurisdiction over naval affairs

   2. ( as modifier )

      admiralty law

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Etymology

Origin of admiralty

1300–50; Middle English amiralty < Middle French. See admiral, -ty ²

Example Sentences

But the judge questioned whether Congress can strip courts of their own admiralty jurisdiction over a shipwreck, something that has centuries of legal precedent.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

Indeed, in dozens of admiralty cases during the war, the federal courts performed their own evaluations of the facts and the law.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2019

The admiralty asked John Franklin, a 59-year-old polar explorer, to find a northern sea path linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2016

The Framers purposefully gave the federal courts exclusive jurisdiction in all admiralty and maritime cases in order to ensure national supremacy in the regulation of all waterborne commerce.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

“They’ll take the bait. Now, come, we've got to get to the admiralty suite and check on the casket.”

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan