Articles of War
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The Royal Navy's Articles of War were used to govern British ships at sea in the Napoleonic Wars and have been used as models for later martial and maritime law.
A complete statement of the Articles of War is found in http://www.hms.org.uk/nelsonsnavyarticles.htm. This references its source as: http://www.io.com/gibbonsb/articles.html .