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Definition of Maritime law

1. Noun. The branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc..

Definition of Maritime law

1. Noun. The body of law concerning international trade on the high seas. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maritime Law

Literary usage of Maritime law

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"The maritime law, of this country at least, gives no such right. We have thus far assumed that such damages may be recov- ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"The proposition assumes that the general maritime law governs this case, ... 572*] *But it is hardly necessary to argue that the maritime law is only so far ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The principal topics of maritime law (see articles under separate titles) are: Affreightment, under which head may be included the law governing contracts ..."

4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"The maritime law is a law common to all nations which are engaged in ... "This maritime law does not in the least depend upou the court in which it is to be ..."

5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, John Melville Gould, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1901)
"(x) " The maritime law is not in itself a complete aud perfect system. ... Strictly speaking, the maritime law is that alone which is peculiar to, ..."

6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1921)
"Such a substitution would distinctly and • 159 definitely 'change or add to the settled maritime law; and it would be destructive of ..."

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