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Prize commission
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Prize Court
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Letters of marque
differently applied. If during war a subject should take an enemy's ship, without commission from the Crown, the prize would, by the effect of the prerogative, become a droit of Admiralty, and would belong, not to the
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Commission, the promoter's
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Wager
to apply to any subscription or contribution, or agreement to subscribe or contri-bute, for or toward any plate, prize, or sum of money to be awarded to the winner or winners of any lawful game, sport, pastime, … (1884) 13 QBD 779, it was held by a majority of the Court of Appeal, that a turf commission-agent might recover the amount of lost bets paid by him, in defiance of a revocation of the authority
Admiralty
(1) the matters set out in s. 22 of the Judicature Act, 1925; (2) the jurisdiction of a Prize Court within the meaning of the Naval Prize Acts, 1864 to 1916, as amended by subsequent Acts, s. … head is the 'Lord High Admiral,' but in practice the functions of the Office are discharged by several Commissioners, of whom one is the Chief, and is called the First Lord. He is a member of the
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