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ad·mi·ral·ty

(ăd′mər-əl-tē)

n. pl. ad·mi·ral·ties

a. A court exercising jurisdiction over all maritime cases.

b. Maritime law.

2. Admiralty The department of the British government that once had control over all naval affairs.

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admiralty

(ˈædmərəltɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. (Military) the office or jurisdiction of an admiral

2. (Military)

a. jurisdiction over naval affairs

b. (as modifier): admiralty law.

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ad•mi•ral•ty

(ˈæd mər əl ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. the office or jurisdiction of an admiral.

2. the officials or the department of state having charge of naval affairs, as in Great Britain.

3. a court dealing with maritime questions, offenses, etc.

4. maritime law.

[1300–50; Middle English < Middle French]

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Noun	1.	admiralty - the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain) government department - a department of government Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	admiralty - the office of admiral berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

Translations

AdmiralitätAdmiralsamtAdmiralswürdeSeebehörde

admiralejo

almirantazgo

amirauté amiralat

ammiragliato

admiraalschap admiraliteit

almirantado

Адмиралтейство адмиральский

Admiralty

[ˈædmərəltɪ]

A. N (Brit) → Ministerio m de Marina, Almirantazgo m
First Lord of the Admiralty → Ministro m de Marina

B. CPD Admiralty court N (US) → tribunal m marítimo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Admiralty

[ˈædmərəlti] n (British) [the navy] the Admiralty → le ministère de la Marine

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Admiralty

n (Brit) → Admiralität f; (= department, building) → britisches Marineministerium; First Lord of the Admiralty → britischer Marineminister

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Admiralty

[ˈædmərəltɪ] n (Brit) the Admiralty → l'Ammiragliato

admiralty

[ˈædm/ər/əltɪ] n → ammiragliato

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There was a dinner giving in the Harley Street establishment, while Little Dorrit was stitching at her father's new shirts by his side that night; and there were magnates from the Court and magnates from the City, magnates from the Commons and magnates from the Lords, magnates from the bench and magnates from the bar, Bishop magnates, Treasury magnates, Horse Guard magnates, Admiralty magnates,--all the magnates that keep us going, and sometimes trip us up.

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I've sailed the Miele here, master, if you please, all the way from Tahiti--even if I did lose her, which was the fault of your Admiralty charts.

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To such a degree, I assure you, though I would not say so to others, that if the queen, acknowledging the injuries she has done me, would recall my mother and give me the reversion of the admiralty, which belonged to my father and was promised me at his death, well!

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Wopsle's (who had never been heard of before) coming in with a star and garter on, as a plenipotentiary of great power direct from the Admiralty, to say that the Swabs were all to go to prison on the spot, and that he had brought the boatswain down the Union Jack, as a slight acknowledgment of his public services.

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The jurisdiction of her several courts, general and local, of law, of equity, of admiralty, etc., is not less a source of frequent and intricate discussions, sufficiently denoting the indeterminate limits by which they are respectively circumscribed.

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But D'Entrecasteaux, ignoring this communication-- rather uncertain, besides--directed his course towards the Admiralty Islands, mentioned in a report of Captain Hunter's as being the place where La Perouse was wrecked.

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But of one thing he was satisfied, that he never should have left that pleasant island, where he was as happy as a king without subjects-- no, not if the inducement held out had been promotion to the first lordship in the admiralty!