Though expiring with each war, are usually revived nearly in the same form.
·noun Estimation; valuation. II. Prize ·noun A contest for a reward; competition. III. Prize ·noun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A vessel captured at sea from the enemies of a state, or from pirates, either by a man-of-war or pri...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Various statutes by which the legislature of Great Britain has in a certain degree restricted the in...
A department of the admiralty court; (oyer et terminer) to hear and determine according to the law o...
Those taken upon the high seas, jure belli, from the enemy. ...
A return of all the persons on board, whether belonging to the ship, or supernumeraries, at the time...
The officer to whom a prize is given in charge to carry her into port. ...
The profits arising from the sale of prizes. It was divided equally by chart. 5 Hen. IV. ...
A mistake; worse than no prize, or one liable to hamper the captors with heavy law expenses. ...
Ordained that the officers and sailors on board every ship and vessel of war shall have the sole pro...
The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author s...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Said of smugglers of old. ...
the fifth book in the New testament and the second treatise by the author of the third Gospel, tradi...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary