Vice admiralty courts were juryless courts located in British colonies, granted jurisdiction over local legal matters connected to maritime activity, such as disputes between merchants and seamen. Over time they also took on customs enforcement and smuggling cases across the British Empire's colonial territories. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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