Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Marshalsea"

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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