prize court


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

Origin of prize court

1
An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

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British Dictionary definitions for prize court

prize court

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

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