Angary [noun]

Definition of Angary:

governments right to acquire private property for public use

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Opposite/Antonyms of Angary:

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Sentence/Example of Angary:

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.