In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the British parliament enacted a number of laws, called NavigationActs, governing commerce between Britain and its overseas colonies.
在17和18世纪，英国议会颁布了一系列名为“航海条例”的法律，以管理英国和其海外殖民地之间的贸易。
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When, in 1696, a system of admiralty courts10 was established to enforce the NavigationActs, their impact became somewhat more pronounced.
而当1696年海事法庭制度的建立加强了《航海条例》的效力，其影响力才开始更加明显。
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This approach acts like the satellite-navigation system of a car, automatically replotting the route when the plan goes off course.