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- American and West Indian colonies before 1782
Keywords: americacaribbeancoloniesstate papers - Civil court cases: an overview…was a specialist court established around 1450 to deal with piracy but which later considered civil cases to do with captured ships, known as ‘prize jurisdiction’, commercial matters and disputes over wages on ships at sea, known as ‘instance jurisdiction’. …Keywords: civil litigationcourts of lawlaw and ordertrials
- Criminal court cases: Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court)
Keywords: central criminal courtcourts of lawcrime and criminalscriminal courtslaw and orderold baileytrials - High Court of Admiralty…piracy, treason, murder, mutiny, desertion, sodomy, insurance fraud, rape, robbery and (after 1807) slaving A glossary at the end of the guide will help you understand some of the specialist language of the court as well as some of the broader legal language you will need to be familiar with to make sense of these records. …Keywords: admiraltycoloniescourts of lawhigh court of admiraltyshippingtrials
- Outlaws and outlawry in medieval and early modern England
Keywords: crime and criminalsearly modern periodlaw and ordermedieval periodoutlaws - Sexuality and gender identity history
Keywords: civil rightsgay and lesbian historylesbian and gay historylgbtq