An item that has been banned and which is unlawful to manufacture, distribute or even to possess. Against law or treaty; prohibited. Goods exported from or imported into a country against its laws. … [Read more...]

One who enters into a contract this term is usually applied to persons who undertake to do public work, or the work for a company or corporation on a large scale, at a certain fixed price, or to furnish goods to another at a fixed or ascertained price. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition This term is strictly applicable to any person who enters into a contract, (Kent … [Read more...]

A court having the authority to hear and decide a case from beginning to end. … [Read more...]

Certain classes of merchandise, such as arms and ammunition, which, by the rules of international law, cannot lawfully be furnished or carried by a neutral nation to either of two belligerents; if found in transit in neutral vessels, such goods may be seized and condemned for violation of neutrality. The Peterhoff, 5 Wall. 58. 18 L. Ed. 564; Richardson v. Insurance Co., 6 Mass. … [Read more...]

The responsibility and obligations that one agrees to accept under a contract. … [Read more...]