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admiralty Definition

ad·mi·ralty (ad′mə rəl tē)

noun pl. -·ties

  1. the rank, position, or authority of an admiral
    1. the governmental department or officials in charge of naval affairs, as in England
    2. maritime law or court

Etymology: ME admiralte < OFr admiralté

admiralty Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: Shipping litigation covers all areas including admiralty, charterparty disputes, cargo claims, sale and purchase disputes and total losses.

Modifies a noun

  • jurisdiction: Thus, Admiral was not able to invoke the court's admiralty jurisdiction against the vessel.
  • chart: Admiralty charts are now in publication indicating these new limits.
  • law: It has a well regarded shipping & admiralty law practice.
  • anchor: A large admiralty anchor marks the entrance to the gully.
  • officer: Admiralty officers who occupied flats in Neville's Court were accustomed to walk down to sleep in the total security of the Oxgate citadel.
  • record: Admiralty records from 1845 mention the ship as assigned to the coastguard at Southend.
admiralty Quotes

If blood be the price of admiralty Lord God, we ha'paid in full!

—Kipling, (Joseph) Rudyard