RIGHT OF SEARCH

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 I. (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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