Cruise

A voyage undertaken for a given purpose; a voyage for the purpose of making captures jure belli.

The Brutus, 2 Gall. 538, Fed. Cas. No. 2,060.

A voyage or expedition in quest of vessels or fleets of the enemy which may be expected to sail in any particular track at a certain season of the year. The region in which these cruises are performed is usually termed the "rendezvous, or "cruising latitude."

Bouvier.

Imports a definite place, as well as time of commencement and termination, unless such construction is repelled by the context. When not otherwise specially agreed, a cruise begins and ends in the country to which a ship belongs, and from which she derives her commission.

The Brutus, 2 Gall. 526, Fed. Cas. No. 2,060.