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Contraband [fr. Contra, Lat., against; and bando, Ital., edict], such goods as are prohibited to be imported or exported, bought or sold, either by the laws of a particular state or by special treaties; also a term applied to designate that class of commodities which neutrals are not allowed to carry during war to a belligerent power.It is a recognized general principle of the law of nations, that ships may sail to and trade with all kingdoms, countries, and states in peace with the princes or authorities whose flags they bear; and that they are not to be molested by the ships of any other power at war with the country with which they are trading, unless they engage in the conveyance of contraband goods. But great difficulty has arisen in deciding as to the goods comprised in this term.In order to obviate all disputes as to what commodities should be deemed contraband, they have sometimes been specified in treaties or conventions. But this classification is not always respected during ...
contraband
contraband [Italian contrabbando act of smuggling, from contra- against + bando edict, law] : property that is unlawfully produced, possessed, or transported contraband per se : property that is in and of itself unlawful to possess, produce, or transport derivative contraband : property that is unlawful because it is used in committing an unlawful act ...
contraband per se
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derivative contraband
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Declaration of London, 1909
Declaration of London, 1909. A suggested International agreement to settle doubts concerning inter alia the application of the doctrines of contraband, neutral destination and continuous voyage. A list of three classes of goods was made: (1) absolute contraband or munitions of war; (2) conditionally contraband, or foodstuffs, forage, money, railway materials, fuel, lubricants, barbed wire and optical instruments; (3) not contraband, or any raw textile materials, rubber, hides, metallic ores, earths. Eleven countries signed the convention. With a prescience justified by the developments of science and the uncontrollable nature of a desperate war, the House of Lords refused to ratify it. In practice the declaration was followed by Great Britain and other belligerents with increasing alterations until it was formally, and finally abandoned by this country in April, 1916. A modified list of Articles absolutely or conditionally contraband was issued shortly after. See Hall or Lawrence on In...
possession
possession 1 : the act, fact, or condition of having control of something: as a : actual possession in this entry b : constructive possession in this entry c : knowing dominion and control over a controlled substance or other contraband d in the civil law of Louisiana : the detention or enjoyment of a corporeal thing e : control or occupancy of property actual possession 1 : direct occupancy, use, or control of real property [had actual possession of the land despite a lack of legal title] 2 : direct physical custody, care, or control of property or contraband (as illegal drugs) [actual possession is not necessary to sustain a conviction "State v. Garrison, 896 S.W.2d 689 (1995)"] adverse possession : actual possession of another's real property that is open, hostile, exclusive, continuous, adverse to the claim of the owner, often under a claim of right or color of title, and that may give rise to title in the possessor if carried out for a specified statutory period (as ...
Declaration of Paris
Declaration of Paris, a state paper agreed upon at the conclusion of the Crimean War, by the representatives of Great Britain, France, Austria, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey (February 26, 1856), in which the following agreements on maritime law were come to:--Privateering is abolished.The neutral flag covers enemy's goods 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.)...
Continuous voyage
Continuous voyage. See CONTRABAND....
Munitions of war
Munitions of war. As to keeping secret patents for their invention, see s. 30 of the Patents and Designs Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 32), and Patent Rules, 1932, rr. 106-108. As to supplying such to foreign states at peace with this country, for the purpose of hostilities between themselves, see 33 & 34 Vict. c. 90. As to the establishment of a Ministry of Munitions during the Great War, see 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 51. It was abolished by 11 Geo. 5, c. 8. Cf. CONTRABAND.It includes the whole or any part of any ship, submarine, aircraft, tank or similar engine, arms and ammunition, torpedo, or mine intended or adopted for use in war, and any other article, material or device, whether actual or proposed, intended for such use. [Official Secrets Act, 1923 (19 of 1923), s. 2 (5)]...
Moiety
Moiety [fr. medietas, Lat. through moitie Fr.], half.Moiety, 1. A half of something (such as an estate). 2. A portion less than half; a small segment. 3. In customs law, a payment made to an informant who assists in the seizure of contraband, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1021...
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