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Prize (law)
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In admiralty law prizes are equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict. The most common use of prize in this sense is the capture of an enemy ship and its cargo as a prize of war. In the past, the capturing force would commonly be allotted a share of the worth of the captured prize. Nations often granted letters of marque that would entitle private parties to capture enemy property, usually ships. Once the ship was secured on friendly territory, it would be made the subject of a prize case: an in rem proceeding in which the court determined the status of the condemned property and the manner in which the property was to be disposed of.
Blanche towing Pique, a French frigate captured as a British prize in 1795
Blanche towing Pique, a French frigate captured as a British prize in 1795
Hugo de Groot, known as Grotius, a 17th-century Dutch academic prodigy known as the Mozart of international law, who wrote the 1604 Commentary on the
Hugo de Groot, known as Grotius, a 17th-century Dutch academic prodigy known as the Mozart of international law, who wrote the 1604 Commentary on the Law of Prize and Booty
Captain Gideon Olmsted, who at age 20 commandeered the British sloop Active in a mutiny, and spent the next 30 years litigating a claim for prize mone
Captain Gideon Olmsted, who at age 20 commandeered the British sloop Active in a mutiny, and spent the next 30 years litigating a claim for prize money
Captain Rogers of the Windsor Castle packet of 150 tons & 28 men capturing the Jeune Richard French privateer of 250 tons & 92 men, 1807
Captain Rogers of the Windsor Castle packet of 150 tons & 28 men capturing the Jeune Richard French privateer of 250 tons & 92 men, 1807
Prize of war
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A prize of war is a piece of enemy property or land seized by a belligerent party during or after a war or battle. This term was used nearly exclusively in terms of captured ships during the 18th and 19th centuries.
A Chinese spear taken as a prize from pirates during the Irene incident in 1927 by sailors of the British submarine HMS L4
A Chinese spear taken as a prize from pirates during the Irene incident in 1927 by sailors of the British submarine HMS L4
Stern piece of HMS Royal Charles, the flagship of the Royal Navy, taken by the Dutch at the Raid on the Medway in 1667
Stern piece of HMS Royal Charles, the flagship of the Royal Navy, taken by the Dutch at the Raid on the Medway in 1667
Cannon taken from Mexico in 1847, later captured in fighting in Kansas
Cannon taken from Mexico in 1847, later captured in fighting in Kansas
Captured Argentine infantry equipment on display in the Imperial War Museum
Captured Argentine infantry equipment on display in the Imperial War Museum