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Definition of safe harbour in English: safe harbour(US safe harbor) noun 1A place of shelter and safety, especially for ships; also as a mass noun; frequently figurative. 2Originally and chiefly US a provision in a legal or formal document designed to protect a party who makes a legitimate or excusable violation of its terms; frequently attributive.
OriginMid 16th century; earliest use found in Barnabe Googe (1540–1594), poet and translator. Definition of safe harbour in US English: safe harbour(US safe harbor) noun 1A place of shelter and safety, especially for ships; also as a mass noun; frequently figurative. 2Originally and chiefly US a provision in a legal or formal document designed to protect a party who makes a legitimate or excusable violation of its terms; frequently attributive.
OriginMid 16th century; earliest use found in Barnabe Googe (1540–1594), poet and translator. |