right of search
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Noun (1)
- the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search themType of right
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Right of search
Mar. Law, the right of the lawfully commissioned cruisers of belligerent nations to examine and search private merchant vessels on the high seas, for the enemy's property or for articles contraband of war.
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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54