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PASSPORT , or safe-conduct in See also:

TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

war, a document granted by a belligerent See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to prptect persons and See also:

PROPERTY

property from the operation of hostilities. In the See also:

case of the See also:

SHIP

ship of aneutral power, the passport is a requisition by the See also:

government of the neutral See also:

state to suffer the See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel to pass freely with the See also:

crew, See also:

CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo, passengers, &c., without molestation by the belligerents. The requisition, when issued by the See also:

CIVIL

civil authorities of the See also:

PORT

port from which the vessel is fitted out, is called a See also:

sea-See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter. But the terms passport and sea-letter are often used indiscriminately. A See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of sea-letter (literae salvi conductus) is appended to the Treaty of the See also:

PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees, 1659. The passport is frequently mentioned in See also:

TREATIES

treaties, e.g. the Treaty of See also:

COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, 167o, between See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and See also:

Denmark. The violation of a passport, or safe conduct, is a See also:

GRAVE

grave See also:

BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach of See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

law. The offence in the See also:

UNITED

United States is punishable by See also:

FINE

fine and imprisonment where the passport or safe conduct is granted under the authority of the .United States (See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, See also:

APRIL

April 30, 1790). In its more See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar sense a passport is a document authorizing a See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person to pass out of or into a See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, or a See also:

LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence or safe-conduct to the person specified therein and authenticating his right to aid and See also:

PROTECTION

protection. Although most See also:

FOREIGN

foreign countries may now be entered without passports, the See also:

ENGLISH

English foreign See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office recommends travellers to furnish them-selves with them, as affording a ready means of See also:

IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification in case of need. They are usually granted by the foreign office of a state, or by its See also:

DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic agents abroad. The English Foreign Office charges two shillings for a passport, whatever number of persons may be named in it.

Passports granted in See also:

England are subject to a See also:

STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

stamp See also:

DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of sixpence. They may be granted to naturalized as well as natural-See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born See also:

BRITISH

British subjects. See " The Passport See also:

SYSTEM

System," by N. W. Sibley, in Jour. Comp. See also:

Leg. new See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, vol. vii. The regulations respecting passports issued by the English Foreign Office as well as the passport requirements of foreign countries will be found in the See also:

ANNUAL

annual Foreign Office See also:

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