The rather specializedHigh Court of Admiraltydeveloped under royal prerogative in the 14th century; a statute of 1391 prohibited it from meddling in cases not arising at sea. InTudorand early Stuart times, however, it exercised a wide commercial jurisdiction. After theCivil Warsit was confined ex...
The rather specializedHigh Court of Admiraltydeveloped under royal prerogative in the 14th century; a statute of 1391 prohibited it from meddling in cases not arising at sea. InTudorand early Stuart times, however, it exercised a wide commercial jurisdiction. After theCivil Warsit was confined ex...