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    MARITIME LAW

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.play

    Synonyms:

    admiralty law; marine law; maritime law

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    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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