vice-admiral
noun
a naval officer next in rank below an admiral.
vice-admiralty
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a word derived from
vice admiral.
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a word derived from
vice-admiral.
vice-admiralnouna naval officer next in rank below an admiral.
Example Sentences
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Violators still faced vice-admiralty courts, without juries, and could lose their ships and cargoes if convicted.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Before this, the only colonial vice-admiralty court had been in far-off Halifax, Nova Scotia, but with three local courts, smugglers could be tried more efficiently.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
The administrative and enforcement provisions under the Townshend Acts—the American Board of Customs Commissioners and the vice-admiralty courts—remained in place.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
This act, meant to strengthen enforcement of customs laws, also established vice-admiralty courts where the crown could prosecute customs violators without a jury.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
There is also a vice-admiralty court for the trial of offences committed upon the high seas, of which the lieutenant-governor is constituted the judge, Mr. Andrew Miller the registrar, and Mr. Henry Brewer the marshall.
