foreign vessel
Defined in 3 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
United States Code
33 U.S.C. § 1232c — in this section
In this section, the term "foreign vessel" has the meaning given that term in section 110 of title 46.
46 U.S.C. § 110 — in this title
In this title, the term “foreign vessel” means a vessel of foreign registry or operated under the authority of a foreign country.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A vessel owned by residents in or sailing under the fiag of a foreign nation. It does not mean a vessel in which foreigners domiciled in the United States have an interest; The Sally, 1 Gal. 58, Fed. Cas. No. 12,257. An omission in the registry and enrollment of an American vessel does not make her foreign, but, at best, only deprives her of her American privileges. F'ox V. Paine, Crabbe 271, Fed. Cas. No. 5,- 014. See Flag. The patent laws were not intended to apply to and govern a vessel of a foreign, friendly nation; Brown v. Duchesne, 19 How. (U. S.) 183, 16 L. Ed. 595.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A vessel owned by residents m, or sailing under the flag of, a foreign nation. "Foreign vessel," under the embargo act of January, 1808, means a vessel under the flag of a foreign power, and not a vessel in which foreigners domiciled in the United States have an interest. The Sally, 1 Gail. 58, Fed. Cas. No. 12,257.
Defined under Vessel in Black's Law Dictionary.