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Definition of Ransoms
1. ransom [v] - See also: ransom
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ransoms
Literary usage of Ransoms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States by Charles Cheney Hyde (1922)
"ransoms — Safe-conducts. At a time when the preservation of the pecuniary interest
of a particular captor in a prize was believed to exceed the military ..."
2. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"This captain had on board 5 masters of ships, which he detained on board for
their ransoms. This morning the admiralty received an expresse that 9 ships, ..."
3. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"The Manceaux obtained large ransoms for them, and thus avenged the outrages on
the saints and their own losses. These hostilities were long continued, ..."
4. A History of England and the British Empire by Arthur Donald Innes (1913)
"They were bought off by a fresh ransom ; the ransoms rose regularly about fifty
per cent, each time. Olaf definitely embraced Christianity, promised not to ..."
5. A Digest of the Law of Maritime Captures and Prizes by Henry Wheaton (1815)
"Of ransoms, recapture, and claims for salvage. 1. WHEN a ship and cargo, the
property of the enemy, is taken on the high seas, it is the duty of the captors ..."
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