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Legal Terms – Embargo
The confinement of vessels in harbor; a kind of retribution. Vessels belonging to a delinquent state may be barred from departing the ports of an aggrieved state to compel the delinquent state to provide restitution for the harm inflicted. An apt example of this occurred in 1839 when Great Britain seized Sicilian warships and imposed an embargo due to the two Sicilies granting a sulphur monopoly in contravention of a commercial treaty. A retribution would now potentially constitute a violation of Article 2(1) of the United Nations Charter. Refer to angary as well.
The confinement of vessels in harbor; a kind of retribution. Vessels belonging to a delinquent state may be barred from departing the ports of an aggrieved state to compel the delinquent state to provide restitution for the harm inflicted. An apt example of this occurred in 1839 when Great Britain seized Sicilian warships and imposed an embargo due to the two Sicilies granting a sulphur monopoly in contravention of a commercial treaty. A retribution would now potentially constitute a violation of Article 2(1) of the United Nations Charter. Refer to angary as well.
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