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Strike the Prize Court out of modern maritime law and the whole system falls, and capture on the sea becomes pure barbarism,--distinguished from piracy only by the astuteness of a legal technicality.
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Blaine emphasizes the importance of the Prize Court in maritime law and its implications for warfare.
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