In other words, these countries wanted to confiscate gold in exchange for superfluous paper.
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After the court case, proceedings were started to confiscate any proceeds of crime from Blenkinsop.
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If the Bahamian game wardens catch you with more, they may confiscate your boat.
Officers are still working to find and confiscate all the profits made by the group.
They can search for, and confiscate, any other item only with the pupil's consent.
This was about government allowing one private developer to confiscate land from another private party.
Governments can, as Madison suggested, confiscate the wealth of domestic creditors via inflation, taxes or default.
And Rudolph Giuliani, New York's mayor, has now introduced regulations to confiscate the licence plates of recalcitrant envoys.
So we confiscate granny's shampoo at the airport because the half-empty container could hold 3.5 ounces of liquid.
Dennis Robertson's private members' bill would see officials being given beefed up powers to confiscate badges which are not being correctly used.
If the police can just confiscate such vast sums while they continue their investigations then who or what is safe?
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About 18 have been prosecuted so far in the county under new legislation which allows police to confiscate reoffenders' vehicles.
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In a recent tirade, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich threatened to confiscate individual users' hard drives if they illegally downloaded his music.
Europeans would like to work more, but are deterred by the high percentage of their extra earnings the state would confiscate.
Writers at Forbes traveled a lot and we wondered if Malcolm was going to join the trend and confiscate our miles.
One bipartisan measure would have withheld federal aid to states and localities that confiscate private lands for something other than public infrastructure.
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Mr Haw is alleged to have tried to hold on to a banner that police wanted to confiscate for use in evidence.
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But there was a major problem - the rebels often searched vehicles leaving Timbuktu, and if they found manuscripts they would certainly confiscate or destroy them.
Officers are to issue a warning that they are prepared to confiscate the cars and motorbikes of people "who persistently cause a public nuisance".
At one time, the Gulf leaders thought it would be a good idea to circulate lists of offenders and temporarily confiscate their cheque books.
On Tuesday, the government run Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ordered lessors with unpaid Kingfisher debt to confiscate 15 aircraft, most of them Airbuses.
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None of the money has been recovered, although a hearing will take place later this year to discuss whether to confiscate any of the defendants' assets.
In the Ural Mountains, officials have threatened to confiscate children because a family's apartment is sparsely furnished, or the refrigerator is empty, one news site reported.
Americans are taught that it was the British soldiers sent there to confiscate weapons who opened fire, sparking the revolution that brought independence to the United States.
Mr Obama also said some gun rights advocates deliberately "ginned up fears" that the government planned to confiscate guns in order to bolster opposition to new restrictions.
This means that over time much smaller estates would be hit with a rate that would confiscate nearly half of a lifetime of savings or business success.
Fearmongers point out that banks are no longer safe as government authorities in the European Union have signaled their willingness to confiscate funds from even insured depositors.
It says this would give police the power to confiscate vicious dogs that are unlicensed, "and hopefully we can save other family's suffering like we have gone through".
Julius Caesar, in one of the edicts changing Roman law after his takeover, gives the first example of allowing bankers to confiscate land in lieu of loan payments.
Police at Newquay railway station confiscate alcohol from under-age passengers.
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