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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The doctrine that ships of any nation may travel through international waters unhampered.
- noun The right of neutral shipping in wartime to trade at will except where blockades are established.
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- noun the right of merchant ships to travel freely in international waters
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