sea. 1. The ocean (on the sea). 2. A large landlocked part of the ocean; a large body of salt water smaller than a regular ocean (the Mediterranean Sea). 3. The ocean swell (a rough sea). 4. An extremely large or extended quantity (a sea of documents). free seas. See high seas. high seas. The […]
local courts of admiralty 〈英〉地方海事法院 １旧时英格兰许多港口自治城镇根据特许状设立有地方海事法院，除设于五港〔Cinque Ports〕的法院外，这些法院于1835年被撤销，但目前泽西岛〔Jersey〕、格恩西岛〔Guernsey〕与马恩岛〔Isle of Man〕法院仍享有海事管辖权；２旧时英格兰与威尔士海岸被分为19个地区，每个区内设一名海军中将〔vice-admiral of the coast〕，代表海军事务大臣〔Lord High Admiral〕或海军部委员会委员〔Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty〕对附属海事法院行使领导权，该附属海事法院又被称为海军中将法院〔Vice-Admiralty Court〕；３英国海外殖民地内，海军中将法院的职能由殖民地海事法院〔Colonial Court of Admiralty〕所取代，该法院的管辖权与本土的高等海事法院〔High Court of Admiralty〕的管辖权一致，上诉案件由地区上诉法院受理，最终可上诉到枢密院〔Privy Council〕。经加盖国玺的委任令授权，国务大臣可在任何不列颠属地设立海军中将法院，并将殖民地海事法院管辖权交给该法院。
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carry, vb. 1. To sustain the weight or burden of; to hold or bear (more weight than a single person can carry). 2. To convey or transport (carrying the coal from one state to another). 3. To possess and convey (a firearm) in a vehicle, including the locked glove compartment or trunk of a car
A person qualified to act as counsel in a general court-martial. • To be qualified, the person must be (1) a judge advocate of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, or a law specialist of the Coast Guard, (2) a graduate of an accredited law school, or a member of a federal-court bar
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Court of Honor. Hist. 1. English law. A feudal court of the manor. 2. English law. A court with jurisdiction to hear complaints concerning either affronts to honor or encroachments in precedence rights, heraldry, or coat-armor. 3. A tribunal of army officers convened to review and punish any dereliction from a code of honor.
narrow sea. (often pl.) A sea running between two coasts that are close to each another. • The English Channel, for example, is a narrow sea.
Equal Credit Opportunity Act. A federal statute that prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, or marital status with respect to any aspect of a credit transaction.15 USCA §§ 1691 et seq. — Abbr. ECOA. [Cases: Consumer Credit 31. C.J.S. Interest and Usury; Consumer
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navigable water. 1. At early common law, any body of water affected by the ebb and flow of the tide. • This test was first adopted in England because most of England’s in-fact navigable waters are influenced by the tide, unlike the large inland rivers that are capable of supporting commerce in the United States.