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marshalsea |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Marshalsea \Mar"shal*sea\, n. [Marshal + OE se a seat. See {See} a seat.] The court or seat of a marshal; hence the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household. [Eng.] {Court of Marshalsea}, a court formerly held before the steward and marshal of the king's house to administer justice between the king's domestic servants. --Blackstone.
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