right of search

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

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Questions about right of search

What does right of search mean?

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

Is right of search a common word?

right of search is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.