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prize court

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prize court
n
(Law) Law a court having jurisdiction to determine how property captured at sea in wartime is to be distributed


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The reach of the Sierra Leone prize court would therefore extend as far as the illicit European trade in slaves.
UPTON, THE LAW OF NATIONS AFFECTING COMMERCE DURING WAR: WITH A REVIEW OF THE JURISDICTION, PRACTICE, AND PROCEEDINGS OF PRIZE COURTS (F.
 
 
 
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