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Definition of: Marshalsea
(mär′shəl·sē) Brit.
1. The court (abolished 1849) held by the marshal of the royal household, originally to administer justice to the sovereign's domestic servants.
2. A debtors' prison in Southwark, abolished in 1842. [Var. of marshalcy <AF mareschalcie <Med. L marisalcia <mariscalcus a marshal]
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