Consolato Del Mare
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A code of sea laws, compiled by order of the ancient kings of Arragon. It comprised the ancient ordinances of the Greek and Roman emperors, and of the kings of France and Spain, and the laws of the Mediterranean islands knd of Venice and Genoa. See "Admiralty." It was originally written in the dialect of Catalonia, as its title indicates, and it has been teanslated into every language of Europe. Anterieures au XVIII Siecle, par J. M. Pardessus, Paris, 1831, — ^a collection of sea laws which is very complete. See, also, Riddu's Hist. Mar. (Domm. 171; Marvin, Leg. Bibl.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
ital. The consulate of the sea. A collection of European sea-laws in force about the Mediterranean from the seventh century. Now considered the oldest existing maritime code.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The name of a code of sea-laws, said to have been compiled by order of the kings of Arragon (or, according to other authorities, af Pisa or Bureelona) in the fourteenth century, which comprised the maritime ordinances of the Roman emperors, of Franee and Spain, and of the Italian commercial powers, This compilation exercised a considerabie influence in the formation of European maritime law.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A code of sea laws in force about the Mediterranean from the eleventh century.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Ital. [Fr. consulat de la mer.] The consulate of the sea. The title of a collection of European sea laws, now generally considered the most ancient extant. As to its origin, different opinions have been entertained by the most learned jurists; some, with G-rotius and Emerigon, ascribing it to the ancient kings of Arragon; others contending, with Azuni, that it was framed at Pisa, in Italy. The precise date of its compilation is not knowi^ but it seems to be certain that it was completed and in force as early as the eleventh century, and that during a succession of the ages that followed, it was received and obeyed as law by all the nations of Southem Europe. It has formed the basis of most of the subsequent collections of maritime laws, and is supposed to have still the force of law in the tribunals of Italy. 1 Buer on Ins. Introd. Discourse, lect. il 3 ITenfs Com. 10—12. Story, J., 3 Story's R. 465, 479.