pratique

Clearance granted to a ship to proceed into port after compliance with health regulations or quarantine.

In com., intercourse; the communication between a ship and the port in which she arrives; hence, a license or permission to hold intercourse and trade with the inhabitants of a place, especially after quarantine, or certificate of non-infectiveness.

Experience; practice.

Primarily, liberty of converse; intercourse; hence, a certificate, given after compliance with quarantine regulations, permitting a ship to land passengers and crew; — a term used particularly in the south of Europe.

Practice; habits.

Permission to use a port given to a ship after compliance with a quarantine or on conviction that she is free of contagious disease.

practice; habits