Naval Courts
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Courts held abroad in certain cases to inquire into complaints by the master or seamen of a British ship, or as to the wreck or abandonment of a British ship. A naval court consists of three, four, or five members, being officers in her majesty's navy, consular officers, masters of British merchant ships, or British merchants. It has power to supersede the master of the ship with reference to which the inquiry is held, to discharge any of the seamen, to decide questions as to wages, send home offenders for trial (Merch. Ship. Act 1854, § 260), or try certain offenses in a summary manner (Merch. Ship. Act 1855, § 28).
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Courts held abroad in certain cases to inquire into complaints by the master or seamen of a British ship, or as to the wreck or abandonment of such ship.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Courts held abroad in certain cases to inquire into complaints by the master or seamen of a British ship, or as to the wreck or abandonment of a British shin. A naval court consists ©f three, four, or five members, being officers in her majesty's navy, consular officers, masters of British merchant ships, or British merchants. It has power to supersede the master of the ship with reference to which the inquiry is held, to discharge any of the seamen, to decide questions as to wages, send home offenders for trial, or try certain offenses in a summary manner. Sweet.
Defined under Naval in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Courts held abroad to the wreek or abandonment of a British ship. A naval court consists of three, four, or five members, being officers in her majesty’s navy, consular officers, masters of British merchant ships, or British merchants... It has power to supersede the master of the ship with reference to which the inquiry is held, to discharge any of the seamen, to decide questions us fo wages, send home offenders for trial, or try certain offenses in a Bum MmMary manner. Sweet.