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enemy's property

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Definitions from Case Law

From 70 U.S. 231 - The Cheshire · 1865Most cited · 9 citing opinions

The property of a commercial house, established in the enemy's country, is subject to seizure and condemnation as prize without regard to the domicile of the partners. The trade of a house of this kind is essentially a hostile trade, and the property employed in its prosecution is therefore treated as enemy's property, though some of the partners may have a neutral domicile.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In international law, and particularly in the usage of prize courts, this term designates any property which is engaged or used in illegal intercourse with the public enemy, whether belonging to an ally or a citizen, as the illegal traffic stamps it with the hostile character and attaches to it all the penal consequences. The Benito Es-tenger. 176 U. S. 568, 20 Sup. Ct 489, 44 In Ed. 592; The Sally, 8 Cranch, 382, 3 L. Ed. 507; Prize Cases, 2 Black, 674, 17 L. Ed. 459.

Defined under Enemy in Black's Law Dictionary.