Nonintercourse Act

noun

U.S. History.

1. the act of Congress (1809) prohibiting all shipping and trade between the United States and British- or French-controlled ports.

Example Sentences

It was also in pursuance of this power that the Embargo Act was passed in 1807 and the Nonintercourse Act in 1809—both of which were in effect prohibitions rather than regulations of commerce.

From Project Gutenberg

Nonintercourse Act of 1809, 237.

From Project Gutenberg

Congress never ratified the treaties, as required by the Nonintercourse Act of 1790, which mandated congressional approval of Indian land transactions.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was to protect the Indians against usurpations that Congress in 1790 adopted the so-called Nonintercourse Act.

From Time Magazine Archive

Provided, that is, that a young lawyer named Thomas Tureen can convince the courts to accept his theory about the Nonintercourse Act of 1790.

From Time Magazine Archive