DROITS OF ADMIRALTY. Rights claimed by the government over the property of
an enemy. In England, it has been usual, in maritime wars, for the
government to seize and condemn, as droits of admiralty, the property of an
enemy found in her ports at the breaking out of hostilities. 1 Rob. R. 196;
13 Ves. jr. 71; Edw. R. 60; 3 B. & P. 191.