Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MAR-SHAL-SEA
MAR-SHAL-SEA, n.
In England, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household. Johnson. 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.
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