Convoy
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[from Fr. convoyer, to escort; Lat. convehere, to convey or conduct safely.] In commercial and international law. A naval force under the command of an officer appointed by the government of a country, or imder its authority, for the purpose of sailing with, and protecting its merchant vessels, and usually in time of war.* Park on Insurance, ch.
18. 1 Marshall on Ins. 860. Smith's Merc. Law, 227. Abbott on Ship. [352], 432. 2 Archb. H. Prius, 176.