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  • (Mar. Law.) 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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  • 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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