Maritime Cause, Maritime Contract

MARITIME CAUSE - Maritime causes are those arising from maritime contracts, whether made at sea or on land, that is, such as relate to the commerce, business or navigation of the sea; as, charter parties, affreightments, marine loans, hypothecations, contracts for maritime service in building, repairing, supplying and navigating ships, contracts and quasi contracts respecting averages, contributions and jettisons; contracts relating to marine insurance, and those between owners of ships.

There are maritime causes also for torts and injuries committed at sea.

In general, the courts of admiralty have a concurrent jurisdiction with courts of law, of all maritime causes and in some cases they have exclusive jurisdiction.

MARITIME CONTRACT - One which relates to the navigation of the sea.

The admiralty has jurisdiction in case of the breach of such contract, whether it has been entered into on land or at sea.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.