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1449 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Feb. 1449 §19. m. 6 By diverse restreintes of merchandise in Calais..the custumes and subsidies..passe not yerely .xij. .m.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxlviii. 317 This same yere was a restraynt of the wullys of Caleys made by the Soudyours.

a1585 in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1914) 29 517 This porte sawes when we have a Restrainte betwene Spaine and us.

1601 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1884) 1st Ser. VI. 269 [The Act of] restraint of the woll [to be approved in Parliament].

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo i. xxv. 150 Arrest, Restraints and Detainements of Kings and Princes.

1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia i. iii. 66 The heavy restraints and burdens laid upon their trade by act of Parliament in England.

1751 W. Beawes Lex Mercatoria Rediviva 244 (heading) Of Embargoes, or Restraint of Princes.

1769 Molloy's De Jure Marit. (ed. 9) II. ii. vii. §7. 50 A Policy against Restraint of Princes, will not extend to Practices against the Laws of Countries.

1827 G. F. Jones Treat. Law conc. Liabilities Rights Common Carriers ii. iii. 124 The restraint of princes has caused a temporary interruption of the voyage.

1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance II. iii. i. 788 When the further prosecution of the voyage is rendered hopeless..by blockade,..and the voyage is accordingly wholly abandoned, that is a loss, by restraint of princes, within the policy.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 304/2 The list of excepted perils..usually included perils of the seas, robbers and pirates, restraint of princes and rulers, [etc.].

1977 Times 25 May 12/1 A clause in a charterparty excluding liability for failure to ship a cargo of oil owing to restraint of princes.

2007 K. Noussia Princ. Indemnity in Marine Insurance Contracts iii. 103 It was held that the order of the Iraqi government was a restraint of princes.