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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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