Admiralty Law:

The High Court of Admiralty was first considered during the reign of Edward the 1st, 1272-1307 and it is now generally accepted that the court emerged after the Battle of Sluys in 1340, and became established in 1360 when it was granted jurisdiction over civil maritime cases.

These courts specified in disputes and claims arising from contracts and torts of the high seas, usually dealing with lost or spoiled cargo or disputes between a business owner and a ship-owner, who had failed to deliver.

Admiralty law or Court dealt with the different jurisdiction between the Law of the Land and the Law of the Sea, and ultimately gained control and seized the power to create the laws that would govern all ships.

Over time the Law of the Land has been replaced by the Law of the Sea, where water holds no mark.