prize cases
1Prize Cases — (1862) ndash; 67 U.S. 635ref|citation ndash; was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1862 during the American Civil War. The Supreme Court s decision declared constitutional the blockade of the Southern ports ordered by …
2prize cases — (1863) Legal dispute in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Pres. Abraham Lincoln s seizure of ships (prizes). In April 1861, three months before Congress declared a state of war, Lincoln authorized a blockade of Confederate ports. In that three… …
3Prize (law) — Prize is a term used in admiralty law to refer to equipment, vehicles, and vessels captured during armed conflict. The most common use of prize in this sense is the capture of an enemy ship and its cargo. In the past, it was common that the… …
4Prize court — A prize court is a court (or even a single individual, such as an ambassador or consul) authorized to consider whether or not a ship has been lawfully captured or seized in time of war or under the terms of the seizing ship s letters of marque… …
5prize — prize1 /pruyz/, n. 1. a reward for victory or superiority, as in a contest or competition. 2. something that is won in a lottery or the like. 3. anything striven for, worth striving for, or much valued. 4. something seized or captured, esp. an… …
6prize — Anything offered as a reward of contest. A reward offered to the person who, among several persons or among the public at large, shall first (or best) perform a certain undertaking or accomplish certain conditions. An award or recompense for some …
7International Prize Court — The capturing of prizes (enemy equipment, vehicles, and especially ships) during wartime is a tradition that goes back as far as organized warfare itself.The International Prize Court was an international court proposed at the beginning of the… …
8List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 67 — This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 67:SCOTUSTable | data =SCOTUSRow case name = The United States v. Andres Castillero Andres Castillero page = 17 decision date = decision year = 1851SCOTUSRow case name =… …
9Israel Prize — The Israel Prize is an award handed out by the State of Israel. It is presented annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state ceremony in Jerusalem, in the presence of the President, the Prime Minister, the Knesset (Israel s legislature)… …
10Lenin Peace Prize — The International Stalin Prize or the International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples (renamed ru. Международная Ленинская премия «За укрепление мира между народами», the International Lenin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among… …
