Amalphitan Table
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A code of sea laws compiled for the free and trading republic of Amalphi toward the end of the eleventh century. 3 Kent, Comm. 9. It consists of the laws on maritime subjects on account of its being collected into one regular system, it was for a long time received as authority in those countries. 1 Azuni, Mar. Law, 376. AMBACTUS (Lat, ambire, to go about). A servant sent about; one whose services his master hired out. Spelman.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A code of sea laws compiled for the free and trading republic of Amalphi toward the end of the eleventh century. 3 Keut 9. It consists of the laws on maritime subjects which were or had been in force in countries bordering on the Mediterranean; and, on account of its collecting them into one regular system, it was for a long time received as authority in those countries. 1 Azuni, Mar. Law 376. It became a part of the law of the sea; The Scotia, 14 Wall. (U. S.) 170, 20 L. Ed. 822. See Code. AMBACTUS (Lat. am Ure, to go about). A servant sent about; one whose services his master hired out Spelman, Gloss. AMBASSADOR IN INTERNATIONAL
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A code of sea laws compiled about the end of the" eleventh century for the republic of Amalphi.