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RIGHT OF SEARCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does right of search mean?
• RIGHT OF SEARCH (noun)
The noun RIGHT OF SEARCH has 1 sense:
1. the right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them
Familiarity information: RIGHT OF SEARCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The right of a belligerent to stop neutral ships on the high seas in wartime and search them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("right of search" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
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