Angaries [noun]
Definition of Angaries:
governments right to acquire private property for public use
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Opposite/Antonyms of Angaries:
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Sentence/Example of Angaries:
Whatever the extent of the right of angary may be, it does not derive from the law of neutrality.
But the right of angary itself is rather a right deriving from the law of war.
This practice is called "angary" or "prestation," and is by most jurists either condemned or regarded with disfavor.