The right of a ship of a belligerent state to stop and search a neutral merchant vessel for prohibited goods.
（交战国船只对中立国船只的）搜查权
Example sentencesExamples
The northern powers (Russia, Prussia, Denmark, and Sweden) formed a league of armed neutrality to resist the British right of search at sea.
Yet during international tensions over the Eastern question in 1840, and over the British right of search of French merchant ships in 1842, any association with a British cause seemed unpatriotic.
In January 1801 a maritime convention in St Petersburg attempted to resolve the problems but the right of search continued to cause difficulties for many years.
Definition of right of search in US English:
right of search
noun
The right of a ship of a belligerent state to stop and search a neutral merchant vessel for prohibited goods.
（交战国船只对中立国船只的）搜查权
Example sentencesExamples
The northern powers (Russia, Prussia, Denmark, and Sweden) formed a league of armed neutrality to resist the British right of search at sea.
In January 1801 a maritime convention in St Petersburg attempted to resolve the problems but the right of search continued to cause difficulties for many years.
Yet during international tensions over the Eastern question in 1840, and over the British right of search of French merchant ships in 1842, any association with a British cause seemed unpatriotic.