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Noun

1. right of search

the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Right Of Search

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noun
the right of a belligerent to stop and search neutral merchant ships on the high seas in wartime
international law
the right possessed by the warships of a belligerent state in time of war to board and search merchant vessels to ascertain whether ship or cargo is liable to seizure

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Right Of Search

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the right of a nation at war to stop the merchant ships of neutral nations on the high seas and search them for contraband or the like, the finding of which makes the ship liable to seizure

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Right Of Search

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n. pl. rights of search
The right of a warring nation to stop a neutral vessel on the high seas and search it for contraband.

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