blockade

Int’l law. A belligerent’s prevention of access to or egress from an enemy’s ports by stationing ships to intercept vessels trying to enter or leave those ports.

• To be binding, a blockade must be effective — that is, it must be maintained by a force sufficient to prevent access to ports.

— Also termed simple blockade; de facto blockade. [Cases: War and National Emergency 19. C.J.S. War and National Defense § 6.]

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