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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

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 sen.

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