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Blockade
Blockade [fr. bloccato, Ital., military term], the disposition of troops or armed vessels, so as to cut off all
Blockade
troops or ships with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress or the reception of supplies as the blockade of the ports of an enemy
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blockaded
having access obstructed by emplacement of a barrier or by threat of force
Paper Blockade
Paper Blockade. The state of a line of coast proclaimed to be under blockade in time of war, when the
Continental system
The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England from commerce with the Continent instituted by the Berlin decree which Napoleon I issued
Declaration of Paris
save contraband of war. Neutral goods save contraband of war are not liable to capture under enemy's flag. Blockades to be binding must be real. (See also LETTERS OF MARQUE and PAPER BLOCKADES.)
Beleaguer
To surround with an army so as to preclude escape to besiege to blockade
Laws of war
inherent or incidental to the conduct of a public war, such as the relations of neutrals and belligerents, blockades, captures, prizes, truces and armistices, capitulations, prisoners, and declarations of war and peace, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,
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