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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 themplay

  Familiarity information: RIGHT OF SEARCH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RIGHT OF SEARCH (noun)


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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