Prize Law — Procedure — Neutral Claimants Prevented from Appearing by Force Majeure — Court’s Discretion to Reverse or Vary Decree of Condemnation — Relationship to Informal Exercise of Bounty by the Crown.

Contraband — Cargo Bound for Enemy Port in Transit to Neutral Country — Neutral Claimants Unable to Appear owing to Force Majeure — Court’s Discretion to Reverse or Vary Decree of Condemnation — Relationship to Exercise of Bounty by the Crown.

Prize Law — Indemnities and Damages — Contraband of War — Neutral Ship — Hostile Destination — Cargo Shipped before Outbreak of War — Condemnation of Cargo as Prize — Subsequent Outbreak of War with Japan — Claim to Compensation in Lieu of Freight — Condemnation of Freight as Prize.

Contraband of War — Neutral Ship — Seizure of Cargo Shipped before Outbreak of War — Condemnation of Cargo as Prize — Subsequent Outbreak of War with Neutral — Claim to Compensation in Lieu of Freight — Condemnation of Freight to Crown as Prize.

Contraband — Conditional Contraband — Ultimate Destination — Importance of German Rationing Decrees in Proving Hostile Destination — Burden of Proof.

Enemy Character — Transfer of Goods at Sea.

Contraband — Absolute Contraband — Ultimate Destination — Burden of Proof — Enemy Character — Transfer of Goods at Sea — Navicert — Importance of Absence of.

Contraband — Absolute Contraband — Ultimate Destination — Franco-Swiss Agreement of April 25, 1940.

Contraband — Absolute Contraband — Ultimate Destination — Export after Process of Manufacture — Franco-Swiss Treaty of April 25, 1940.

Contraband — Conditional Contraband — Ultimate Destination — Prize Law — Indemnities for Wrongful Seizure.