prize court
a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war.
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How to use prize court in a sentence
After some days I was taken in a motor-lorry to the prize court.
Gun running for Casement in the Easter rebellion, 1916 | Karl SpindlerHe insisted that vessels seized should be tried in a prize court.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume X (of 20) | Charles SumnerIt was his further duty to have brought her before a prize court.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln | John G. NicolayAs soon as a vessel is seized she must be conducted to a port where a prize court is sitting.
International Law. A Treatise. Volume II (of 2) | Lassa Francis OppenheimThe whole of the crew of the prize are, as a rule, to be kept on board and to be brought before the prize court.
International Law. A Treatise. Volume II (of 2) | Lassa Francis Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for prize court
law a court having jurisdiction to determine how property captured at sea in wartime is to be distributed
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