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Definition of Merchant vessels
1. Noun. Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merchant Vessels
Literary usage of Merchant vessels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William B. Dana (1849)
"And be it further enacted, That the act entitled " An act to regulate the carriage
of passengers in merchant vessels," approved February twenty-second, ..."
2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1918)
"As Germany claims the right to convert merchant vessels into ships of war on the
high seas, neutral governments are called upon to exercise the greatest ..."
3. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"Any State may decline to exercise jurisdiction over foreign merchant vessels in
its harbours to whatever extent it pleases, as is the case with France ..."
4. International Law and the World War by James Wilford Garner (1920)
"The Arming of American merchant vessels in 1917. ... In accordance with this
decision merchant vessels sailing through the barred zone were equipped with ..."
5. Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin by Public Affairs Information Service (1920)
"51st annual list of merchant vessels of the United States, with official numbers
and signal letters and list of vessels belonging to the United States ..."
6. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"The British Government, so far as its own merchant vessels were concerned, was
of opinion that such .ships maintained the character of peaceful merchant ..."
7. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1919)
"THE LACK OF UNIFORMITY IN THE LAW AND PRACTICE OF STATES WITH REGARD TO MERCHANT
VESSELS THERE is at present considerable discussion regarding questions ..."
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