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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

In international law. One who takes or seizes property in time of war; one who takes the property of an enemy. In a stricter sense, one who takes a prize at sea.

2 Bl. Comm, 401; 1 Kent, Comm. 86, 96, 103.