AN

ANALYTICAL DIGEST

OF ALL THE

REPORTED CASES

DETERMINED BY

The High Court of Admiralty

of England,

The Lords Commissioners of Appeal
in Prize Causes,

AND (ON QUESTIONS OF MARITIME AND INTERNATIONAL LAW) BY

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council;

ALSO OF

THE ANALOGOUS CASES

IN THE

Common Law, Equity, and Ecclesiastical Courts,

AND OF

THE STATUTES APPLICABLE TO THE CASES REPORTED:

WITH NOTES

FROM THE TEXT WRITERS, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES ON MARITIME LAW, AND THE
SCOTCH, IRISH, AND AMERICAN REPORTS;

AND AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING THE PRINCIPAL STATUTES, ETC. ETC.

BY

WILLIAM TARN PRITCHARD,

ONE OF THE PROCTORS OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL AND ADMIRALTY COURTS IN DOCTORS' COMMONS.

“Est quidem vera lex recta ratio, naturæ congruens, diffusa in omnes, constans, sempiterna ;
neque erit alia lex Roma, alia Athenis, alia nunc, alia posthac, sed et omnes gentes et omni
tempore una et immutabilis continebit.”
CICERO, De Republicâ, lib. iii.

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W. BENNING AND CO., LAW BOOKSELLERS,

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L. Eng. 3.

LONDON:

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ΤΟ

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, D.C.L.

JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY OF ENGLAND,

A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF HER MAJESTY'S MOST
HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL,

&c. &c. &c.

This Digest

IS,

WITH A SINCERE ADMIRATION OF HIS HIGH JUDICIAL CHARACTER AND ATTAINMENTS,

AND BY HIS KIND PERMISSION,

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY

HIS OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.