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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.

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• RIGHT OF SEARCH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

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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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