noun
- The right of a state to requisition or seize neutral ships or goods during wartime for its own use, with compensation to be paid later.
Usage: international law; historical; formal
Examples
- During the war, the government invoked angary to commandeer merchant vessels for military transport.
- International law recognizes angary as a wartime power, though it is rarely exercised in modern conflicts.
- The principle of angary allows belligerent nations to requisition neutral property with the obligation to compensate owners.
- Angary was more commonly invoked in earlier centuries when naval warfare dominated international conflicts.