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THE
AMEMCAI ADMIRALTY
ITS
JURISDICTION AND PEAOTIOE,
WITH
PRACTICAL FORMS AND DIRECTIONS.
ERASTUS C. BENEDICT, LL.D.
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* Tbe worst Civil Code would be one which should be intended for all nations indiscriminateljr^
The worst Maritime Code, one which should be dictated by the special interest and
particular influence of the customs of only one people."— Fardessus
FOURTH EDITION
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EDWARD GRENVILLE BENEDICT
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty, by
ERATU8 0. BENEDICT, in the Clerk's OfiSce of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
Entered acooiding to Act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy, by
ERASTU8 C. BENEDICT,
in the ofSce of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1894, by
ROBERT D. BENEDICT,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1910, by
EDWARD GRENVI…