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HOSTAG
(bouvier) | HOSTAGE. A person delivered into the possession of a public enemy in the
time of war, as a security for the performance of a contract entered into
between the belligerents.
2. Hostages are frequently given as a security for the payment of a
ransom bill, and if they should die, their death would not discharge the
contract. 3 Burr. 1734; 1 Kent, Com. 106; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.
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hostage
(encz) | hostage,rukojmí Zdeněk Brož |
hostages
(encz) | hostages,rukojmí pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Hostage
(gcide) | Hostage \Hos"tage\, n. [OE. hostage, OF. hostage, ostage, F.
[^o]tage, LL. hostaticus, ostaticum, for hospitaticum, fr. L.
hospes guest, host. The first meaning is, the state of a
guest, hospitality; hence, the state of a hostage (treated as
a guest); and both these meanings occur in Old French. See
Host a landlord.]
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of
the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on
the performance of which the person is to be released.
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Your hostages I have, so have you mine;
And we shall talk before we fight. --Shak.
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He that hath a wife and children hath given hostages to
fortune. --Bacon.
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hostage
(wn) | hostage
n 1: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another
party will meet specified terms [syn: hostage, surety] |
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