Usage of "impressment"

русский

пресс

испанский

leva

Forced naval service with or without notice.

пресс

португальский

requisação

каталонский

requisició

The act of coercing someone into government service.

impress

requisação

Использование термина impressment на английском

On the impressment of our seamen our remonstrances have never been intermitted. 
 A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volu... 

The subjects of impressment and blockades were not embraced in it. 
 Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail 

The impressment of seamen continued and was the source of daily increasing abuse. 
 Sustained honor: The Age of Liberty Established 

The reports of the impressment operations only came down to May. 
 Sea-Power and Other Studies 

But the system of impressment is no respecter either of pity or person. 
 Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile 

He urged Terrence to give a detailed account of his impressment and captivity. 
 Sustained honor: The Age of Liberty Established 

But impressment is subject to objections of a much wider range. 
 The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa... 

This was the British claim to the right of impressment. 
 Sustained honor: The Age of Liberty Established 

The practice of impressment continued to harass each succeeding administration. 
 Union and Democracy 

Translate that to I do not struggle sufficiently against impressment. 
 Cross Bones 

Originally he had fled to the capital to avoid the dilemma of impressment or imprisonment. 
 Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile 

If you didn't know about the impressment laws, you've got your own ignorance to blame. 
 Cities in Flight 

Seamen, letter of Daniel Webster on impressment of, 658. 
 The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa... 

Every member and every servant of the Company was to be privileged against impressment and arrest. 
 The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ... 

To escape impressment, or to obtain higher wages, many of her seamen enlisted in our service. 
 The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 / A Magazine... 

But as the impressment was abandoned by England, the war had not been waged wholly in vain. 
 A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III 