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Appertaining to the navy, (q. v.) Naval courts. Courts held abroad in certain cases to inquire into complaints by the master or seamen of a British ship, or as .to the wreck or abandonment of a British ship. A naval court consists of three, four, or five members, being officers in her majesty's navy, consular officers, masters of British merchant ships, or British merchants. It … [Read more...] about NAVAL

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The name of an officer of the United States, whose duties are prescribed by various acts of congress. 2. Naval officers are appointed for the term of four years, but are removable from office at pleasure. Act of May 15, 1820, 1, 3 Story, L. U . S. 1790. 3. The act of March 2, 1799, 21, 1 Story, L. U. S. 590, prescribes that the naval officer shall receive copies of all … [Read more...] about NAVAL OFFICER

Lat. In ecclesiastical law. The name of a prohibitory writ, directed to the bishop, at the request of the plaintlfT or defendant, where a quare impedit is pending, when either party fears that the bishop will admit the other's clerk pending the suit between them. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 37. … [Read more...] about NE ADMITTAS

Damages which "naturally" arise from a breach of. contract are such as arise in the usual course of things, from the breach itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been contemplated l>y the parties when making the contract as the probable result of the breach. Mitchell v. Clarke, 71 Cal. 164, 11 Pac. 882, 60 Am. Rep. 529. … [Read more...] about NATURALLY