See also:

• CONTRABAND (Fr. contrebande, from contra, against, and bannum, Low Lat. for " proclamation ")

CONTRABAND (Fr. contrebande, from contra, against, and bannum, See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low See also:

• LAT

Lat. for " See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation ")  , a See also:

• TERM

term given generally to illegal See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic; and particularly, as " See also:

• CONTRABAND (Fr. contrebande, from contra, against, and bannum, Low Lat. for " proclamation ")

contraband of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war," to goods, &c., which subjects of neutral states are forbidden by See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law to See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply to a belligerent . According to current practice contraband of war is of two kinds: (T) See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute or unconditional contraband, i.e. materials of See also:

• DIRECT

direct application in See also:

• NAVAL

naval or military armaments; and (2) conditional contraband, consisting of articles which are See also:

• FIT

fit for, but not necessarily of direct application to, hostile uses . There is much difference of See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion among international jurists and states, however, as to the specific materials and articles which may rightfully be declared by belligerents to belong to either class . There is also disagreement as to the belligerent right where the immediate destination is a neutral but the ultimate an enemy See also:

• PORT

port . An See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was made at the Second See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague See also:

• CONFERENCE

Conference to come to an agreement on the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief points of difference . The See also:

• BRITISH

British delegates were instructed even to abandon the principle of contraband of war altogether, subject only to the exclusion by See also:

• BLOCKADE
• BLOCKADE (Fr. blocus, Ger. Blokade)

blockade of neutral See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade from enemy ports . In the alternative they were to do their utmost to restrict the See also:

• DEFINITION (Lat. definitio, from de-finire, to set limits to, describe)

definition of contraband within the narrowest possible limits, and to obtain exemption of See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food-stuffs destined for places other than beleaguered fortresses and of raw materials required for peaceful See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . Though the discussions at the conference did not result in any See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention, except on the subject of mails, it was agreed among the leading maritime states that an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early attempt should be made to codify the law of naval war generally, in connexion with the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of an international See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court (see PRIZE) . Meanwhile, on the subject of mails, important articles were Mails. adopted which figure in the " Convention on restric- tions in the right of See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture " (No . 11 of the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series as set out in the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act, see See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

PEACE CONFERENCE) .