Here's a definition from Black's Law Dictionary 9th-edition you might not think has anything to do with you people dealing with WSIB, until...you get to the very END of it:
ADMIRALTY: (ad-m"-r,,l-tee), n. 1. A court that exercises jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, or offenses. _ The federal courts are so called when exercising their admiralty jurisdiction, which is conferred by the U.S. Constitution (art. III, — 2, cI. 1). Also termed admiralty court; maritime court. [Cases: Admiralty 1.] 2. The system of jurisprudence that has grown out of the practice of admiralty courts; MARITIME LAW. 3. Narrowly, the rules governing
contract, tort, and workers'-compensation claims arising out of commerce on or over navigable water. Also termed (in senses 2 & 3) admiralty law. - admiralty
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