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Embargo

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Embargo [fr. embargar, Sp.], a prohibition to pass; a stop, arrest, or detention of ships; a prohibition imposed in time of war by a belligerent state upon merchant ships against their leaving port for a time specified.

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