Angary
What does Angary mean in American Law?
The definition of Angary in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
Also “angaria.” The root idea is “forced taking,” particularly of service. Hence in feudal law, “angaria” was any annoying or vexatious personal service which had to be done by tenant or villein to his lord. In maritime law, the term described seizure or impressment of a vessel for public use.- And in international law, it described the asserted right (called the “right of angary” or “just angarie” or “jus angarioe” of a nation at war to seize the property of neutrals, including and perhaps especially vessels, to help in the war effort.
Angary in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of angary.
Resources
See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police Officer
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- angary in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- angary in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
English Legal System: Angary
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Angary :
The right of belligerent states to make use of (or destroy if necessary) neutral property on their own or on enemy territory or on the open sea, for the purpose of offence and defence. Traditionally, the right (jus angariae) was restricted to the belligerent laying an *embargo on and seizing neutral merchant ships in its harbours and compelling them and their crews to transport troops, ammunition, and provisions to certain places on payment of freight in advance. However, all sorts of neutral property, including vessels or other means of transport, arms, ammunition, provisions, or other personal property, may be the object of the modern right of angary, provided the articles concerned are serviceable to military ends and wants.
Meaning of Angary
In this law dictionary, the legal term angary is a kind of the International Law class.
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