commercial intercourse prohibition
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From 73 U.S. 521 - The Ouachita Cotton · 1867Most cited · 21 citing opinions
Commercial intercourse between the inhabitants of territory in insurrection and those of territory not in insurrection, except under the license of the President, and according to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, was entirely prohibited. Prohibition was the rule, and license the exception.