to contracts, upon the terms of the agreement entered into between them.

The law, however, interferes to some extent in regulating the effect to be given to contracts. Certain contracts are forbidden by the law, and being illegal are therefore incapable of enforcement. The most important example of illegality in the case of contracts of affreightment is when the contract involves trading with an enemy.

The law interferes again with regard to the interpretation of the contract. The meaning of words in the contract, or--in other

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