The purported shipment could have been a violation of the Neutrality Act.
The defendants faced possible life prison terms for violation of the Neutrality Acts and various weapons charges.
The Neutrality Act prohibits any action carried out in and from the United States against foreign governments with which the country is at peace.
Mackenzie went to the United States where he was arrested and charged under the Neutrality Act.
The Neutrality Act has got a lot of watchdogs.
There has not been a violation of the Neutrality Act.
The Neutrality Act is a completely untested notion, established in the 1800s.
It replaced the Neutrality Acts of 1936.
The "cash and carry" legislation enacted in 1939 effectively ended the arms embargo that had been in place since the Neutrality Act of 1936.
He also declared a "moral embargo" against the belligerents, covering trade not falling under the Neutrality Act.