(C. C.) 16 Fed. §25.—Maritime state, in English law, consists of the officers and mariners of the British navy, who are governed by express and permanent laws, or the articles of the navy, established by act of paren eee tort. A tort committed upon the high seas, or upon a navigable river or other navigable water, and hence falling within the jurisdiction of a court of admiralty. ‘The term is never applied to a tort committed upon land, though relating to maritime mattera. See The Plymouth, 3