prize court

noun

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

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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Example sentences from the Web for prize court

A few were released, but the larger part were condemned by a prize-court and sold.
Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain|Prescott Holmes
If the Trent had been taken into port, a prize-court must have liberated the prisoners.
Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States|Raphael Semmes
The prize-court will decide what is to be done with your cargo.
Banzai!|Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff
Let us hope that the prize-court and its attendant officials did not absorb too big a share of the proceeds!
The Bay State Monthly - Volume 1, Issue 4 - April, 1884|Various

If such a ship opposes the prize-court then it must be treated as an enemy ship.
Our Navy in the War|Lawrence Perry

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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单词	prize court
释义	prize court noun a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war. 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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for prize court A few were released, but the larger part were condemned by a prize-court and sold. Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain\|Prescott Holmes If the Trent had been taken into port, a prize-court must have liberated the prisoners. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States\|Raphael Semmes The prize-court will decide what is to be done with your cargo. Banzai!\|Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff Let us hope that the prize-court and its attendant officials did not absorb too big a share of the proceeds! The Bay State Monthly - Volume 1, Issue 4 - April, 1884\|Various If such a ship opposes the prize-court then it must be treated as an enemy ship. Our Navy in the War\|Lawrence Perry 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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