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Webster 1913 Edition

Marshalsea

Mar′shal-sea

,
Noun.
[
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Marshalsea

M`ARSHALSEA

,
Noun.
In England, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.
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.

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