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CONTRABAND OF WAR

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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...]

CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY

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

CONTINENS

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In the Roman law. Continentia; holding together. Adjoining buildings were said to be continentia. … [Read more...]

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