prize court

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noun

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

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Origin of prize court

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95

Words nearby prize court

privy purse, privy seal, prix fixe, Prix Goncourt, prize, prize court, prizefight, prize flag, prize money, prizer, prize ring

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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 Spindler
He insisted that vessels seized should be tried in a Prize Court.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume X (of 20)|Charles Sumner
It was his further duty to have brought her before a prize court.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln|John G. Nicolay
As 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 Oppenheim

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.
International Law. A Treatise. Volume II (of 2)|Lassa Francis Oppenheim

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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