impressment for the public service

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• impressment — noun /ɪmˈpɹɛsmənt/ The act of seizing for public use; impressing into public service. A month later the governors of six more states, meeting in conference, enigmatically urged the impressment of slaves for “the public service as may be… …   Wiktionary

• Impressment — (colloquially, the Press or press ganging ) is the act of conscripting people to serve in the military or navy, usually by force and without notice. It was used by the Royal Navy, beginning in 1664 and during the 18th and early 19th centuries, in …   Wikipedia

• The United States of America —     The United States of America     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America     BOUNDARIES AND AREA     On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Impressment — Im*press ment ([i^]m*pr[e^]s ment), n. The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors. [1913 Webster] The great scandal of our naval service… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• impressment — [im pres′mənt] n. [ IMPRESS1 + MENT] the practice or act of impressing men or property for the use or service of the public …   English World dictionary

• impressment — /im pres meuhnt/, n. the act of impressing people or property into public service or use. [1780 90; IMPRESS2 + MENT] * * * Enforcement of military or naval service on unwilling men. Until the early 19th century, it flourished in port towns… …   Universalium

• impressment — Forcing into service, particularly public service or military service. The seizure of seafaring men for compulsory service in the navy. The power to impress seamen appears to have had a common law origin, but even the early English statutes… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• impressment — noun Date: 1787 the act of seizing for public use or of impressing into public service …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• impressment — /ɪmˈprɛsmənt/ (say im presmuhnt) noun the impressing of people, property, etc., as for public service or use. {impress2 + ment} …  

• History of the United States Merchant Marine — See also: United States Merchant Marine This article is part of the U.S. Maritime History series. Maritime history of Colonial America 1776–1799 1800–1899 1900–1999 2000 The mariti …   Wikipedia

• Recruitment in the British Army — The British Army came into being with unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England and Scotland. The British… …   Wikipedia