prize court
noun
a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war.
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie, but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
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An Americanism dating back to 1785–95
Words nearby prize court
privy purse, privy seal, prix fixe, prix goncourt, prize, prize court, prize flag, prize money, prize ring, prizefight, prizer
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British Dictionary definitions for prize court
prize court
noun
law a court having jurisdiction to determine how property captured at sea in wartime is to be distributed
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