Angary

Angary (

Latin: jus angariae; French: droit d'angarie; German: Angarie; from the Ancient Greek ἀγγαρεία, angareia, "the office of an ἄγγαρος (courier or messenger)") is the right of a belligerent (most commonly, a government or other party in conflict) to seize and use, for the purposes of war or to prevent the enemy from doing so, any kind of property on belligerent territory - including what may belong to subjects or citizens of a neutral state.^[1]

Article 53 of the regulations respecting "the

railways coming from neutral states, whether the property of those states or of companies or private persons, shall be sent back to them as soon as possible."^[1]

The articles seem to sanction the right of angary against neutral property and to limit it as against both belligerent and neutral property. It may be considered, however, that the right to use implies as wide a range of contingencies as the "necessity of war" can be made to cover.[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Barclay 1911.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Barclay, Thomas (1911). "Angary". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 4.

External links

Sheridan, TW (1937). "Jus Angaria". Proceedings. 63 (2). Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute: 408.

[FOOTNOTEBarclay1911-1] Barclay 1911.

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