confiscation
21CONFISCATION, EXPROPRIATION, FORFEITURE — Confiscation is mentioned once in the Bible as a quasi criminal sanction against disobedience to lawful orders (Ezra 10:8). Relying on this precedent, the rule was enunciated that courts are empowered to expropriate (hefker bet din; Git. 36b, Yev …
22Confiscation Acts — The Confiscation Acts were laws passed by the United States Congress during the Civil War with the intention of freeing the slaves still held by the Confederate forces in the South. The First Confiscation Act of 1861 authorized the confiscation… …
23Confiscation Acts — ▪ United States history [1861 64] (1861–64), in U.S. history, series of laws passed by the federal government during the American Civil War that were designed to liberate slaves in the seceded states. The first Confiscation Act, passed on… …
24Confiscation Act of 1861 — The Confiscation Act of 1862 was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting the confiscation of any of property, including slaves, being used to support the Confederate insurrection. The bill passed the House… …
25Confiscation Cases — Cases arising under the act of Congress of August 6, 1861, authorizing the confiscation of property used in aiding, abetting or promoting insurrection against the government of the United States. Confiscation Cases (US) 7 Wall 454, 19 L Ed 196;… …
26Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 — The Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act 1997 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The purpose of the Act was to empower police officers to confiscate alcohol from the possession of any minors under the age of 18. Previously… …
27confiscation cases — The name given to a group of fifteen cases decided by the United States supreme court in 1868, on the validity and construction of the confiscation acts of congress. Reported in 7 Wall. 454, 19 L.Ed. 196 …
28confiscation cases — The name given to a group of fifteen cases decided by the United States supreme court in 1868, on the validity and construction of the confiscation acts of congress. Reported in 7 Wall. 454, 19 L.Ed. 196 …
29confiscation loss — A loss, deductible in an income tax return, resulting from the confiscation or nationalization of the taxpayer s property. Elek v Commissioner, 30 T CT 731(A) …
30confiscation — noun see confiscate II …
