marine law

English Thesaurus

1. the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc. (noun.group)

hypernym	:	international law, law of nations,
definition	:	the body of laws governing relations between nations (noun.group)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

domain member category	:	barratry,
definition	:	(maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo (noun.act)