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Noun: maritime law
  1. (law) the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.
    "The dispute over fishing rights was settled under maritime law";
    - marine law, admiralty law

Derived forms: maritime laws

Type of: international law, law of nations

Encyclopedia: Maritime law