Salute

A coin made by Henry V., after his conquests in France. In the army and navy an honor paid to a distinguished personage, when troops or squadrons meet, when officers are buried, or to celebrate an event or show respect to a flag and on many other ceremonial occasions. Cent. Diet. Upon the. arrival of a man of war In a foreign port the salutes and other ceremonials toward the port and its authorities are prescribed in full detail by the naval regulations. A ship of war entering a harbor or passing by a port or castle should pay the first salute except when the sovereign or his ambassador is on board, in which case the salute should be made first on the shore; Woolsey, Introd. Int. Law, 4th ed. § 85. No salute is to be fired in honor of any nation, or official of any nation not formally recognized by the United States; Snow, Lect. Int. Law 70.