(law) The area of law that deals with ships at sea and the rights of sailors, passengers, and owners of cargo.

Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.

A person hired by a city to oversee the day-to-day management of city business.

The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.

The act of admonishing; a reprimand or rebuke.

A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.

(Royal Navy slang, obsolete) Tinned meat or fish.

A leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation.

The government of a country by a sovereign via a formally constituted bureaucracy.

(nautical) The highest-ranking officer in the Royal Navy.