Search results for: “maritime questions”
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Nautical Assessors
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Nautical assessors Meaning of Nautical assessors Persons experienced in navigation, who are called upon by an admiralty judge to sit with him in cases involving questions of correct navigation, and […]
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Estoppel
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Estoppel Meaning of Estoppel A rule of evidence , by which a part} is precluded from denying the existence o: some facts which he had previously, either by words or conduct , asserted as true. The […]
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Judicial Committee Of The Privy Council
In English law. A tribunal, composed of members of the privy council, which exercises the entire appellate jurisdiction of the sovereign in council, and also advises him upon any matters which he may refer to it. Its jurisdiction extends to cases in civil, ecclesiastical, and maritime […]
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Advisory verdict
Courts sitting in equity, admiralty, etc. need not submit questions of fact to juries. Nonetheless, under certain circumstances such courts may empanel an advisory jury to make findings of fact which, though not technically binding on the judge, he will ordinarily accept. See, e.g., […]