§ 30901 Short title
§ 30902 Definition
§ 30903 Waiver of immunity
§ 30904 Exclusive remedy
§ 30905 Period for bringing action
§ 30906 Venue
§ 30907 Procedure for hearing and determination
§ 30908 Exemption from arrest or seizure
§ 30909 Security
§ 30910 Exoneration and limitation
§ 30911 Costs and interest
§ 30912 Arbitration, compromise, or settlement
§ 30913 Payment of judgment or settlement
§ 30914 Release of privately owned vessel after arrest or attachment
§ 30915 Seizures and other proceedings in foreign jurisdictions
§ 30916 Recovery by the United States for salvage services
§ 30917 Disposition of amounts recovered by the United States
§ 30918 Reports

Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 46 > Subtitle III > Chapter 309 - Suits in Admiralty Against the United States

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3