Definition of "vice-admiralty" []

• The office, rank, or command of a vice admiral. (noun)

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• "Otis served the Boston vice-admiralty court as advocate general from 1756 to 1760, and during this time became more active in public as well as legal affairs."
• "These regional courts were to share jurisdiction with the older vice-admiralty courts."
• "When war broke out, the new state governments found it useful to create their own vice-admiralty courts—for cases of prize law, for example."