Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Consolato del mare \Con`so*la"to del ma"re\ [It., the consulate
   of the sea.]
   A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin, supposed to
   have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th
   century. It has formed the basis of most of the subsequent
   collections of maritime laws. --Kent. --Bouvier.