MARITIME LAW
Dictionary entry overview: What does maritime law mean? • MARITIME LAW (noun)
The noun MARITIME LAW has 1 sense:
1. the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.
Familiarity information: MARITIME LAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MARITIME LAW (noun)
Meaning:
The branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
admiralty law; marine law; maritime law
Hypernyms ("maritime law" is a kind of...):
international law; law of nations (the body of laws governing relations between nations)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Domain member category:
barratry ((maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo)
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