title: Trading with the enemy
text: # Trading with the enemy
  
  Trading with the enemy is a legal term of English origin that is used with a number of related meanings. It refers to:
  
  * An offence at common law and under statute
  * A ground for condemnation of ships in prize proceedings
  * A ground for illegality and nullity in contract
  
  ## United Kingdom
  
  The statutory offence is now created by section 1 of the Trading with the Enemy Act 1939.
  
  