Approach
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The right of visit or visitation to determine the national character of the ship approached for that purpose only. 1 Kent, Comm. 153.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
RIGHT OF. In International Law. The right to draw near to a vessol in order to ascertain the nationality of its flag. In The Marianna Flora, 11 Wheat (U. S.) 43, 44, 6 L. Ed. 405, it was held that the right of approach in time of peace was indispensable for the exercise by public vessels of their authority to arrest pirates and other offenders. Kent understood it to be equivalent to the right of visit (q. v.). 1 Kent 153. At present the right of approach has no existence apart from the right of visit. See Visit; Search.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
right of. A right to visit a vessel ascertaining its national character.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Ininternational law. The tight of a ship of war, upon the high sea, to visit another vessel for the purpose of ascertaining the nationality of the latter. 1 Kent, Comm. 158, note.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See BRmaE.