Catalogue description Prize Courts: Original Correspondence

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Reference: CO 969
Title: Prize Courts: Original Correspondence
Description:

This series contains original correspondence relating to the Prize Courts. Files deal with the seizure of enemy ships as prize in British Colonial waters under the Naval Prize Act of 1864, the establishment of prize courts under the Prize Court Act of 1894, and other matters.

Date: 1939-1951
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Physical description: 314 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

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