MILAN DECREE
\mɪlˈan dɪkɹˈiː], \mɪlˈan dɪkɹˈiː], \m_ɪ_l_ˈa_n d_ɪ_k_ɹ_ˈiː]\
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A decree issued by Napoleon December 7, 1807, in which he declared to be "denationalized," whether found in Continental ports or on the high seas, any vessel which should submit to search by a British vessel, or should touch or set sail for or from Great Britain or her colonies. This was in retort to the British Orders in Council of November 11, 1807, which declared, among their provisions, any vessel and cargo good prize if it carried a French consular certificate of the origin of the cargo.
By John Franklin Jameson
