seizure of ship

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• seizure — noun a) The act of taking possession, as by force or right of law. The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence. b) A sudden attack or convulsion, (e.g. an epileptic seizure). As yet there had been no alarm of fever. The three seizures… …   Wiktionary

• 2007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel — Map of the Persian Gulf. Iranian military personnel seized 15 Royal Navy personnel during 2007 and held them for 13 days. On 23 March 2007, 15 British Royal Navy personnel, from HMS Cornwall, searching a merchant vessel were surrounded by the… …   Wikipedia

• search and seizure — n. A search in which the officers conducting the search take evidence of a crime if they find it. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. search and seizure …   Law dictionary

• Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure — (VBSS) is the term for maritime boarding actions and tactics, designed to capture enemy vessels, to combat terrorism, piracy and smuggling, and to conduct customs, safety and other inspections, as employed by modern navies, marine and maritime… …   Wikipedia

• Pacific (ship) — MS Pacific is a cruise ship owned and operated by the Brazil based Viagens CVC. She was built in 1971 by Nordseewerke, Emden, Germany as Sea Venture for Flagship Cruises. She operated cruises between the USA and Bermuda, which had been settled by …   Wikipedia

• Disco Volante (ship) — For other uses, see Disco Volante (disambiguation). Kingdom 5KR The Disco Volante is a fictional ship in the James Bond novel Thunderball (1961) and its 1965 film adaptation of the same name. It was a hydrofoil craft owned by Emilio Largo, an… …   Wikipedia

• Restauration (ship) — Restauration was a sloop built in 1801 in Hardanger, Norway. It became a symbol of Norwegian American immigration. On July 5, 1825, Restauration set sail from Stavanger with 52 people aboard, many of them Norwegian Quakers, on what is considered… …   Wikipedia

• blockade — blockader, n. /blo kayd /, n., v., blockaded, blockading. n. 1. the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit. 2. any obstruction of passage or progress:… …   Universalium

• haul — Synonyms and related words: attraction, bag, barge, blackmail, board, boat, boodle, boom, boost, booty, bring to, burden, bus, capture, cargo, carry, cart, cast loose, catch, clap on ratlines, clear hawse, coach, convey, cut loose, draft, drag,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Trent Affair — James Murray Mason (1798–1871). John Sli …   Wikipedia

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