Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1809 edition. Excerpt: ... The practice and jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty John Elihu Hall DISTRICT OF MARYLAND, TO WIT: BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this fourth day of October, in the Thirty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, John E Hall, Esq, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, To Wit: " The Practice and " Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty; in three parts. I. An His" torical Examination of the Civil Jurisdiction of the Court of Admi" ralty. II. A Translation of Clerke's Praxis, with notes on the Juris" diction and Practice of the District Courts. III. A Collection of " Precedents. Paret ratione modoque--Hor. By John E. Hall, Esq." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, intituled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned: " And also to the Act entitled " An Act supplementary to the Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof, to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints." PHILIP MOORE, Clerk of the District of Maryland. ADVERTISEMENT. THIS imperfect attempt to illustrate the jurisdiction and practice of the Admiralty is divided into three parts. In the first, the reader will find a brief historical examination of the jurisdiction which the Admiralty at different times, has claimed and supported; and the inroads that
