prize court

noun

1. a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war.

prize court

noun

1. law a court having jurisdiction to determine how property captured at sea in wartime is to be distributed

Word History and Origins

Origin of prize court¹

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

Example Sentences

After some days I was taken in a motor-lorry to the Prize Court.

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He insisted that vessels seized should be tried in a Prize Court.

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It was his further duty to have brought her before a prize court.

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As soon as a vessel is seized she must be conducted to a port where a Prize Court is sitting.

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The whole of the crew of the prize are, as a rule, to be kept on board and to be brought before the Prize Court.

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