AN ORDINANCE OF EXPLANATION Touching the JURISDICTION OF THE Court of Admiralty.   blazon of the Commonwealth 

Friday 2 June, 1654.  
ORdered by His Highness the Lord PROTECTOR and the Council, that this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and Published.  
Hen. Scobel, Clerk of the Council.   
LONDON, Printed, by William Dugard, and Henry Hills, Printers to His Highness the Lord Protector. 1654.   

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AN ORDINANCE Of Explanation touching the Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty.  
Be it Declared and Ordained by His Highness the Lord Protector, by and with the consent of His Council, That so much of the Act of Parliament of the second of April, One thousand six hundred fifty one; Entitled, An Act for the continuing of the Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty, as to so much thereof as concerns the settling and continuing of the jurisdiction of the said Court, according to former Acts and Ordinances of Parliament, be, and is hereby Declared to be, and at all times since the Twefth of April, Anno Dom. One thousand six hundred fifty and one, to have been continued of full force and virtue, according to the words contained therein, and the same shall so continue and be, and shall be so in all Courts adjudged to be continued, and of full force and virtue, until further order shall be taken to the contrary; and that all proceed in the said Court of Admiralty, since the Thirtieth of March last, or hereafter to be had, according to the said Act of April, One thousand six hundred fifty one, shall stand good, firm, and valid in Law to all intents and purposes whatsoever, and be so adjudged, construed and taken, any thing to the contrary notwithstanding.   

Friday 2 June, 1654.  
ORdered by His Highness the Lord PROTECTOR and the Council, That this Ordinance be forthwith Printed and Published.  
Hen. Scobel, Clerk of the Council.