Supplemental Rules

Supplemental Rules in Maritime Law

Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.

The following is a definition of Supplemental Rules, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: The Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, adopted in 1966 as part of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in the United States. The Supplemental Rules are lettered rules (e.g. Rule B re maritime attachment (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary) and Rule C re ship arrest (see this maritime law term in this legal dictionary)). See text in Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 60 – End, United States Code Service (1987). See Tetley, Int’l. M. & A. L., 2003 at pp. 429-431.