Title 10
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Title 10
Title 10
PRIZE
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Scope of chapter
Jurisdiction
Court in which proceedings brought
Effect of failure to start proceedings
Appointment of prize commissioners and special prize commissioners
Duties of United States attorney
Duties of commanding officer of capturing vessel
Duties of prize master
Libel and proceedings by United States attorney
Duties of prize commissioners
Interrogation of witnesses by prize commissioners
Duties of marshal
Prize property appropriated for the use of the United States
Delivery of property on stipulation
Sale of prize
Mode of making sale
Transfer of prize property to another district for sale
Disposition of prize money
Security for costs
Costs and expenses a charge on prize property
Payment of costs and expenses from prize fund
Recaptures: award of salvage, costs, and expenses
Allowance of expenses to marshals
Payment of witness fees
Commissions of auctioneers
Compensation of prize commissioners and special prize commissioners
Accounts of clerks of district courts
Interfering with delivery, custody, or sale of prize property
Powers of district court over prize property notwithstanding appeal
Appeals and amendments in prize causes
Reciprocal privileges to cobelligerent