prize court
Wartime ship tribunal
A prize court is a judicial tribunal that decides questions of maritime capture during wartime—whether a seized vessel or its cargo constitutes a lawful "prize" that the capturing nation may keep or sell.
These courts determine if seizures comply with international law and maritime rules of war: The captured merchant ship was condemned by the prize court.
- Hague ConventionsInternational laws of warfare
- privateeringLicensed wartime ship seizure
- admiraltyLaw of the seas
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
- salvage rightsLegal claim for rescue
spoils of war · naval warfare · high seas · condemnation · appeals process · blockade running · legal precedent · navigation laws · war reparations · naval · wartime · judicial review · decree · lawful · harbor · tribunal · enemy · spoils
- naval warfarenaval battles, naval battle, battleship, destroyer, sea battles
- Privateeringletter of marque, marque, war prize
- prize lawprize fund, war prize, condemnation, admiralty, contraband goods
- naval affairsadmiralty, naval command, naval operations, naval regulations, naval bases
- admiraltyflagship, fleet, rear admiral, vice admiral, admiral
- special courtsmilitary tribunal, war crimes tribunal, war crimes court, revolutionary tribunal, court martial
prize courtcriminal court
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