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Prize Courts: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 969
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CO 969
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...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 969
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Title (The name of the record)
- Prize Courts: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 314 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Litigation
- Navy
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5158/
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