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Home Dictionary Name: declaration of war Page: 2Declaration 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.)...
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...
power
power 1 : capability of acting or of producing an effect [parties of unequal bargaining ] 2 a : authority or capacity to act that is delegated by law or constitution often used in pl. commerce power often cap C&P : the power delegated to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution to regulate commerce esp. among the states see also commerce clause concurrent power : a power that is held simultaneously by more than one entity ;specif : a power delegated to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution that is also held by the states enu·mer·at·ed powers [i-nü-mə-rā-təd-, -nyü-] : the powers specifically named and delegated to the federal government or prohibited to be exercised by the states under the U.S. Constitution compare reserved powers in this entry executive power : the power delegated to the executive of a government ;specif : any or all of the powers delegated to the president under Article II of the U.S...
Capture
Capture, the arrest or seizure of a person or thing, particularly applied to the seizure of ships by an enemy in time of war. On 16th April, 1856, a treaty or declaration was signed at Paris between the powers of Great Britain, Austria, France, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey, by which privateering is abolished, so far as those powers are concerned. See LETTERS OF MARQUE, PRIZE OF WAR.Capture, is a taking by an enemy as prize in time of war with intent to deprive the owner of all property in the thing taken, Andersen v. Marten, (1908) AC 334 (HL)....
Manifesto
A public declaration usually of a prince sovereign or other person claiming large powers showing his intentions or proclaiming his opinions and motives in reference to some act done or contemplated by him as a manifesto declaring the purpose of a prince to begin war and explaining his motives...
Precipitate
Overhasty rash as the king was too precipitate in declaring war...
Clarigate
To declare war with certain ceremonies...
letter
letter 1 : a direct written statement addressed to an individual or organization ;broadly : an official communication see also counterletter determination letter : a letter from an administrative agency (as the Internal Revenue Service) usually in response to a request in which a determination, decision, or ruling (as whether an organization qualifies as charitable) is made information letter : a letter from an administrative agency usually in response to a request that provides information and esp. that simply calls attention to an interpretation or principle of law letter of intent : a letter in which the intention to enter into a formal agreement (as a contract) or to take some specified action is stated letter ro·ga·to·ry [-rō-gə-tȯr-ē] [probably partial translation of Medieval Latin littera rogatoria letter of request] : a formal written request by a court to a court in a foreign jurisdiction to summon and examine a witness in accordance...
Anti-manifesto
Anti-manifesto, the declaration of a belligerent, as a reply to the manifesto of the other belligerent, showing that the war, as far as he is concerned, is defensive....
Manifesto, or Manifest
Manifesto, or Manifest, a public declaration made by a prince, in writing, showing his intention to begin a war or other enterprise, with the motives that induce him to it, and the reasons on which he founds his rights and pretensions, Encyc. Londin.In commercial navigation, a document signed by the master, containing a general statement of the ship and cargo, i.e., the names of the places where the goods have been laden, and the places for which they are destined, the name and tonnage of the vessel, the name of the master, and the place to which the vessel belongs, a particular description of the packages on board, marks, numbers, etc., the goods contained in them, and the name sof the shippers and consigness, as far as known. The manifest must be made out, dated, and signed by the captain, at places where the goods, or any part, are taken on board....
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