Meaning Of The Word Prize court

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prize court in American English
a court that decides how captured property, esp. that taken at sea in wartime, is to be distributed
noun: a court whose function it is to adjudicate on prizes taken in war

prize court in British English
noun: a court having jurisdiction to determine how property captured at sea in wartime is to be distributed

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