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Catalogue description High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Sentences Files
| Reference: | HCA 48 |
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| Title: | High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Sentences Files |
| Description: |
This series consists of sentences files of the High Court of Appeals for Prizes. A sentence is the judgement or decision of a court, and is finally decisive of a case or suit. Sentences were drafted by both parties, each drawing up a judgement favourable to his cause. These were 'porrected' (i.e. put forward) to the judges, who would decide which sentence was successful. The successful sentence was signed by the judges and promulgated; the unsuccessful sentence had merely been porrected. Both promulgated and porrected sentences are contained in this series. They all relate to appeals in prize cases (ships captured from an enemy in time of war). The documents cover 1672 to 1772, with a noticeable gap from 1718 to 1759. |
| Date: | 1672-1772 |
| Arrangement: |
From 1672 until October 1696 the sentences were bound up as files; thereafter they exist as bundles of loose sentences. |
| Related material: |
Other sentences in prize cases are in: |
| Separated material: |
File nos 3 and 4, covering dates from Oct 1692 to April 1694, were both missing at their time of transfer to the Public Record Office. |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
High Court of Appeals for Prizes, 1533-1833 |
| Physical description: | 8 bundle(s) |
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