Convoy
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 16 U.S. 409 - The Atlanta · 1818Most cited · 5 citing opinions
in prize law
A convoy is an association for a hostile object. In undertaking it, a nation spreads over the merchant vessel an immunity from search, which belongs only to a national ship; and by joining a convoy, every individual ship puts off her pacific character, and undertakes for the discharge of duties which belong only to the military marine, and adds to the numerical, if not to the real, strength of the convoy.
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