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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,

Commission, the promoter's

amount by which the aggregate total stakes in all the competitions exceeds the sum of (1) the aggregate prize in the competitions; (2) the aggregate pool betting duty payable in respect of the competitions; and (3) the

Contraband

or sea from that neutral port to an enemy country. This doctrine was first applied by the American Prize Courts during the American Civil War, and is known as the doctrine of 'Continuous Voyage.' For recent application

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Aircraft papers

letters and other documents and writings delivered up or found on board a captured aircraft. [Naval and Aircraft Prize Act (59 of 1971), s. 2(b)]

Booty of war

(1875) LR 4 Adm. & E. 436. Appeals lie to the Privy Council, ibid., s. 27. See ADMIRALTY; PRIZE COURT.

Lampadist

One who gained the prize in the lampadrome

come on

come on : to be brought forward (as a case in court) [the first prize case of the war…came on for trial "W. G. Young"]

Bottleholder

One who attends a pugilist in a prize fight so called from the bottle of water of which he has charge

Appeal, Court of (U.K.)

and of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in appeals in Admiralty causes other than in the Prize Court, or in matters of lunacy. The Court (which usually sits in two divisions) consists of (ex officio)

Compete

the same thing position or reward for which another is striving to contend in rivalry as for a prize or in business as tradesmen compete with one another

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