Sea-letter Definition

noun

The customary certificate of national character which neutral merchant vessels are bound to carry in time of war; a passport for a vessel and cargo.

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Other Word Forms of Sea-letter

Noun

Singular:
sea-letter
Plural:
sea-letters

Sea-letter Sentence Examples

  • The requisition, when issued by the civil authorities of the port from which the vessel is fitted out, is called a sea-letter.

  • But the terms passport and sea-letter are often used indiscriminately.

  • A form of sea-letter (literae salvi conductus) is appended to the Treaty of the Pyrenees, 1659.

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Words Starting With

SSESEA

Words Ending With

RERTER

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Words Starting With S and Ending With R

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