ADMIRALTY

Admiralty

The Admiralty was the authority responsible for the command of the Royal Navy in the Kingdom of England, and later in Great Britain and until 1964 in the United Kingdom. Originally exercised by a single person, the Lord High Admiral, the Admiralty was from the early 18th century onwards almost invariably put "in commission" and exercised by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, who sat on the Board of Admiralty.

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admiralty

Noun

  1. The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
  2. The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
  3. The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
  4. The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
  5. The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.


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