hostile character

The Sailor's Word-Book

is legally constituted by having landed in an enemy's territory, and by residing there, temporary absence being immaterial; by permanent trade with an enemy; and by sailing under an enemy's flag.

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·add. ·- A character which obeys Mendel's law in regard to its hereditary transmission. ...

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