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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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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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