Vice-admiralty court

Definition

A court dealing with maritime matters, including trade offences, which operated without a jury.

Used by Edexcel

Paper 2

Trade offences could be tried in vice-admiralty courts without juries, removing the protection of local juries that had often refused to convict colonial merchants. Critics believed this undermined trial by jury, a liberty they valued as British subjects.
Revise: Aftermath of War

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GCSE History · key term

A court dealing with maritime matters, including trade offences, which operated without a jury.

Used by Edexcel

Paper 2

Trade offences could be tried in vice-admiralty courts without juries, removing the protection of local juries that had often refused to convict colonial merchants. Critics believed this undermined trial by jury, a liberty they valued as British subjects.
Revise: Aftermath of War

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