navicert

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noun A form of passport permitting a neutral ship to traverse a blockade in wartime.

navigation certificate

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You may see the papers-alle, alle, including the navicert which is supposed to make me free from these delays. "

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010
Angrily he signalled back: "Have navicert, therefore no examination necessary."

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010
On last voyage was forced to jettison 600 tons of rubber at Weymouth, British contraband control port, following navicert trouble.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010
For the last two voyages he had had a navicert issued in New York, but that did not prevent the British from stopping his ship for further inspections.

In Spite of Their Declaration of Bombs 2010
From this date neutral shippers were advised to obtain a navicert or certificate from British consular officials.

8. Naval Warfare and Blockade, 1939-1944 2001
I asked him what he thought of the suggestion by some senators that we begin using such tactics as "blacklisting" and reinforcement of the navicert controls that had been used in World Wars I and II, against some of the smaller nations which now oppose us.

Flowers for Algernon Keyes, Daniel 1966