Navigation Acts

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a series of acts of Parliament, the first of which was passed in 1381, that attempted to restrict to English ships the right to carry goods to and from England and its colonies. The attempt to enforce the acts helped cause the War of American Independence

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Words nearby Navigation Acts

navigable, navigable semicircle, navigate, navigation, Navigation Act, Navigation Acts, navigational satellite, navigator, Návpaktos, Navratilova, NAVSAT

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How to use Navigation Acts in a sentence

Groups like CAIR and leading intellectuals and imams have been denouncing acts like these for years.
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And increasingly smart navigation aids in the cockpit brought far greater precision and efficiency to route planning.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?|Clive Irving|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The flight management computers include the navigation data programmed for every flight.
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He was also swept about in the music of D.C., a scene which gave rise to such acts as Fugazi and Thievery Corporation.
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Putin, because of his acts in Ukraine, he lost Russkiy Mir as a phenomenon.
Rebranding The Land of Mongol Warriors & Ivan The Terrible|Anna Nemtsova|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But if God made man, then God is responsible for all man's acts and thoughts, and therefore man cannot sin against God.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
It was at this parliament that the famous acts against horse racing and deceitful gaming were passed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He accuses the latter of various illegal and crafty acts, among them sending contraband gold and jewels to Mexico.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Third: The mind acts on the perceived relations and finds relations among them.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
He is small, alert, brimful of jokes and of years; seventy they say, but he neither looks it nor acts it.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton