The admiralty jurisdiction, law and practice of the courts of the United States.

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T. I) Jurisdiction. Claims of material-men. Mariner's wages. Contracts of affreightment. Bottomry and respondentia bonds, Pilotage. Wharfage. Agreements of consortship. Survey and sale of damaged ships. Disputes between part-owners. Suits to enforce the right of possession or of property in a ship, against an adverse holder. Salvage. Collision. Assault, beating, false imprisonment, etc. Spoliation and damage. T. II) Origin of the American Courts of Admiralty, their structure, and general principle of procedure. Proceedings preliminary to the commencement of suits for seamen's wages. Commencement of the suit-Libel. The admiralty stipulation. Mesne Process. Non-appearence-taking libel pro confesso. Of the proceedings upon the appearance of the parties upon the return-day of the process. Of the allegations or pleadings subsequent to the libel. Amendments. Evidence. The hearing and decree. Appeals. Final process. Cost-consolidation-Tender. Appendix. Addenda.

Whith an appendix, containing the new rules of admiralty prescribe by the Supreme Court of the United States, those of the circuit and district of the United States for the northern district of New York. And numerous practical forms of process, pleadings, stipulation, etc., comprising the entire of a suit in admiralty; accompanied by explanation notes.

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