Visus
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Visit and search. A right, claimed and exercised by belligerents, to stop, visit and search neutral merchant vessels on the high seas and territorial waters, and confiscate contraband (see that title and The Pellworm, 1918, AC 292). As to the effect of convoy under neutral men-of-war, see Lawrence, Int. Law, referring to Dupuis, La Guerre Maritime et les Doctrines Anglaises, pars. 244-248.
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