Condemnation
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In international law. The sentence of a court of competent jurisdiction, that a ship or vessel taken on the high seas was liable to capture, and was legally captured.
Chitty's Law of Nations, 99. Holthouse.
This sentence is in all oases essential to change the property.
1 Kent's Com, 102, lOD.