Trading with the enemy
Encyclopedia
Trading with the enemy is a legal term of English origin that is used with a number of related meanings. It refers to:
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- An offence at common lawCommon lawCommon law is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action...
and under statute - A ground for condemnation of ships in prizePrize (law)Prize is a term used in admiralty law to refer to equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict. The most common use of prize in this sense is the capture of an enemy ship and its cargo as a prize of war. In the past, it was common that the capturing force would be allotted...
proceedings - A ground for illegality and nullity in contract
United Kingdom
The statutory offence is now created by section 1 of the Trading with the Enemy Act 1939Trading with the Enemy Act 1939
The Trading with the Enemy Act 1939 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which makes it a criminal offence to conduct trade with the enemy in wartime, with a penalty of up to seven years' imprisonment...
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