angary

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(thing) by CentrX (9.3 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Dec 02 2000 at 21:52:25

(From the Late Latin angaria, "enforced service", from the Greek angareia, "impressment for the public service", from angaros, "a mounted courier") In international law, the legal right of a belligerent to use or destroy the property of a neutral if militarily necessary, with the obligation of full indemnification.

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