neutrality law. Int’l law. An act that prohibits a nation from militarily aiding either of two or more belligerent powers with which the nation is at peace; esp., a federal statute forbidding acts — such as the equipping of armed vessels or the enlisting of troops — designed to assist either of two belligerents that […]
neutrality law 中立法 禁止一国向与其处于和平关系而与他国处于战争状态的国家提供军事援助的法律。在美国，作为联邦法律的《中立法》禁止向与美国处于和平关系而与他国处于战争状态的交战双方的任一方提供诸如装备战舰或正规军队之类的军事援助。
neutrality proclamation. Int’l law. At the outbreak of a war between two nations, an announcement by the President that the United States is neutral and that its citizens may not violate the neutrality laws, as in the Neutrality Proclamation of 1793, issued during the war between France and Great Britain.
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neutralization. 1. The act of making something ineffective. 2. Int’l law. The process by which a country’s integrity has been permanently guaranteed by international treaty, conditionally on its maintaining a perpetual neutrality except in its own defense. • Switzerland is the only remaining example, having been neutralized by the Treaty of Vienna in 1815 —
Norris–La Guardia Act (nor-is l[schwa]-gwahr-dee-[schwa]). A 1932 federal law that forbids federal courts from ruling on labor policy and that severely limits their power to issue injunctions in labor disputes. • The statute was passed to curb federal-court abuses of the injunctive process, to declare the government’s neutrality on labor policy, to curtail employers’ widespread
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subsidy (s[schwa]b-s[schwa]-dee), n. 1. A grant, usu. made by the government, to any enterprise whose promotion is considered to be in the public interest. • Although governments sometimes make direct payments (such as cash grants), subsidies are usu. indirect. They may take the form of research-and-development support, tax breaks, provision of raw materials at below-market
muster roll. Maritime law. A shipmaster’s account listing the name, age, national character, and quality of every employee on the ship. • In wartime, it is used in ascertaining a ship’s neutrality. [Cases: Shipping 67. C.J.S. Shipping § 160.]