certificate of registry

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. a document issued to a U.S. vessel engaged in foreign trade, stating its name, nationality, ownership, etc., and claiming for it all privileges pertaining to U.S. nationality.

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Example Sentences

The length of a vessel shall be deemed to be the length appearing in her certificate of registry.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Cleveland, Grover

At least the certificate of registry or, failing that, some reference to the port of registry, if the transfer is to be made.

From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

"No; I have no papers except a certificate of registry."

From Under the Great Bear by Munroe, Kirk

Here is an extract from the register of births; this is a certificate of registry of his death; and all these are authenticated at the French Embassy.

From File No. 113 by Gaboriau, Émile

The length of a vessel shall be deemed to be the length appearing in her certificate of registry.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Cleveland, Grover