See also:

• EMBARGO (a Spanish word meaning " stoppage ")

EMBARGO (a See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish word meaning " stoppage ")  , in inter-See also:

• NATIONAL

national 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, the detention by a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of vessels within its ports as a measure of public, as distinguished from private, utility . In practice it serves as a mode of coercing a weaker state . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages See also:

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

war, being regarded as a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete rupture between belligerent states, operated as a suspension of all respect for the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person and See also:

• PROPERTY

property of private citizens; an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of Magna Carta (1215) provided that" . . . if there shall be found any such merchants in our See also:

• LAND

land in the beginning of a war, they shall be attached, without damage to their bodies or goods, until it may be known unto us, or our See also:

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

Chief See also:

• JUSTICIARY, HIGH COURT OF

Justiciary, how our merchants are treated who happen to be in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country which is at war with us; and if ours be safe there, theirs shall be safe in outlands" (See also:

• ART

art . 48) . Embargoes in anticipation of war have See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long since fallen into disuse, and it is now customary on the outbreak of war for the belligerents even to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant a See also:

• RESPITE (O. Fr. respit, modern repit, Lat. respectus, regard, consideration, respicere, to look back at)

respite to the enemy's trading vessels to leave their ports at the outbreak of war, so that neither See also:

• SHIP

ship nor See also:

• CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo is any longer exposed to See also:

• EMBARGO (a Spanish word meaning " stoppage ")

embargo . This has been confirmed in one of the See also:

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

Hague Conventions of 1907 (See also:

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

convention relative to the status of enemy See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant See also:

• SHIPS

ships at the outbreak of hostilities, Oct . 18, 1907), which provides that " when a merchant ship belonging to one of the belligerent See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers is at the commencement of hostilities in an enemy See also:

• PORT

port, it is desirable that it should be allowed to depart freely, either immediately, or after a reasonable number of days of See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace, and to proceed, after being furnished with a pass, See also:

• DIRECT

direct to its port of destination, or any other port indicated " (art . 1) . The next article of the same convention limits the See also:

• OPTION (Lat. optio, choice, choosing, optare, to choose)

option apparently granted by the use of the word." desirable," providing that " a merchant ship unable, owing to circumstances of force majeure, to leave the enemy port within the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period contemplated (in the previous article), or which was not allowed to leave, cannot be confiscated . The belligerent may only detain it, without See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation, but subject to the See also:

• OBLIGATION

obligation of restoring it after the war, or requisition it on See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of compensation " (art . 2) .

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