Embargo
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Embargo
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Meaning of Embargo
A prohibition to pass. In times of war or hostilities, it denotes the order of the government prohibiting ships from leaving certain ports until further order. If the order is applied to ships belonging to citizens of the state imposing the embargo, then it is called a civil embargo. If it is imposed on ships belonging to the hostile country, then it is called a hostile embargo. Also, a notice issued by a common carrier refusing to receive or carry certain kinds of freight on its line, or between certain points, and may be for a limited definite period , or for an unlimited and indefinite period. Chesapeake & O. Railway Co. v O'Gara, King & Co., 139 S. W. 803, 144 Ky. 561.
Embargo Alternative Definition
A proclamation, or order of state, usually issued in time of war or threatened hostilities, prohibiting the departure of ships or goods from some or all the ports of such state, until further order. 2 Wheat. (U. S.) 148. It is in its nature and policy a temporary measure. 5 Johns. (N. Y.) 308. It is sometimes on the citizens of the power ordering it; sometimes on a foreign power as a means of coercing a settlement of difficulties that have not yet culminated in war, or of preparation for impending war. The former is called civil, the latter hostile, embargo.
International Trade Meaning and Definition of Embargo
A type of economic sanction that totally disallows the imports of a specific product or all products from a specific country.
Synonyms of Embargo
noun
authoritative stoppage of trade
ban
bar
control of trade
debarment
denial
detention of ships
disallowance of trade
exclusion from commerce
forbiddance
freeze
governmental order of prohibition
halt
interference
legal restraint
preclusion
prohibition
restraint
restriction
stop
stoppage Associated Concepts: embargo of commerce
embargo of goods
embargo of products
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English Legal System: Embargo
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Embargo:
The detention of ships in port: a type of *reprisal. Ships of a delinquent state may be prevented from leaving the po rts of an injured state in order to compel the delinquent state to make reparation for the wrong done.
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