What is Maritime Law?

Legal Definition
Law governing sea or seaport bound actions conducted and commerce transacted. Registration, license, and inspection procedures for ships and shipping contracts, insurance and carriage of goods and passengers are included.
Legal Definition
That system of law which relates to the affairs of the sea, such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like.
-- Bouviers Law Dictionary
Legal Definition
That system of law which particularly relates to commerce and navigation, to business transacted at sea or relating to navigation, to ships and shipping, to seamen, to the transportation of persons and property by sea, and to marine affairs generally. The law relating to harbors, ships, and seamen. An important branch of the commercial law of maritime nations; divided into a variety of departments, such as those about harbors, property of ships, duties and rights of masters and seamen, contracts of affreightment, average, salvage, etc. Wharton; The Lottawanna, 21 Wall. 572. 22 In Ed. 654; The Unadilla (D. C.) 73 Fed. 351; Jervey v. The Carolina (D. C.) 66 Fed. 1013.
-- Black's Law Dictionary
Legal Definition
Legal Definition
The law applicable to cases arising on the seas. See 88 U. S. 558, 22 L. Ed. 654.
-- Ballentine's Law Dictionary

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Maritime Lien, Maritime Court, Droit Maritime, Law Of The Flag, Common Law, Admiralty Law, Commercial Law, Personal Law, Rhodian Law, Maritime Transportation Security Act Of 2002

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