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CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 294 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAL-CAR
CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme) , in
international
  law, the taking possession by a belligerent
vessel
  of an enemy or neutral merchant or non-fighting ship. If an enemy ship is captured she becomes forth-with lawful prize (q.v.); when a neutral ship, the belligerent
commander
 , in case her papers are not conclusive, has a right to
search
  her. If he finds contraband on board or the papers or cargo or circumstances excite any serious suspicion in his mind, which the master of the ship has been unable to dispel, he places an officer and a few of his
crew
  on board and sends her to the nearest port where there is a prize
court
  for trial. The word is also used for the
vessel
  thus captured (see


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