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Definition of Confiscable
1. a. Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.
Definition of Confiscable
1. Adjective. That can be confiscated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confiscable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confiscable
Literary usage of Confiscable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Draft Outlines of an International Code by David Dudley Field (1876)
"Existing obligations not in general affected. 904. Public debt not confiscable.
905. Treaties unaffected by war. 906. Effect of war on executory contracts. ..."
2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1890)
"A ship sailing with an enemy's license is confiscable. ... The ship of a neutral
owner is confiscable if he has lent his name fraudulently to save the cargo ..."
3. Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising by United States Attorney-General (1869)
"The "Gray Jacket" sailed from Mobile in violation of the blockade of that port;
she was therefore confiscable in a prize court. ..."
4. The American Law Journal by John Elihu Hall (1817)
"to neutral merchants, are confiscable. Only the treaties of* England, in 1661,
with Sweden, and in 1670 with Denmark, are founded on the ancient rule which ..."
5. A Treatise on Proceedings in Rem by Rufus Waples (1882)
"289 A Blockade Breaker confiscable Change From Friendly to Hos- from the Beginning
of the Voy- ... 291 Liable to Capture on the Return confiscable Goods 2! ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"But it is said that although the ret may be confiscable under the act, yet it ie
also as prize, »nd as the jurisdictions are concurrent, that which first ..."
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