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Mar·shal·sea (mär′s̸həl sē′)

noun

  1. a British court of justice, abolished in 1849, under the marshal of the royal household
  2. a prison in Southwark, London, for debtors, etc., abolished in 1842

Etymology: ME marschalcie < Anglo-Fr mareschalcie < ML marescalcia: see marshal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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