Search
SEARCH, crim. law. An examination of a man's house, premises or person, for
the purpose of discovering proof of his guilt in relation to some crime or
misdemeanor of which be is accused.
2. The constitution of the United. States, amendments, art. 4, protects
the people from unreasonable searches and seizures. 3 Story, Const. Sec.
1895; Rawle, Const. ch. 10, p. 127; 10 John. R. 263; 11 John. R. 500; 3
Cranch, 447.
3. By the act of March 2, 1799, s. 68, 1 Story's L. U. S. 632, it is
enacted, that every collector, naval officer, and surveyor, or other person
specially appointed, by either of them, for that purpose, shall have fall
power and authority to enter any ship or vessel, in which they shall have
reason to suspect any goods, wares, or merchandise, subject to duty, are
concealed, and therein to search for, seize, and secure any such goods,
wares, or merchandise; and if they shall have cause to suspect a concealment
thereof in any particular dwelling house, store, building, or other place
they or either of them shall; upon proper application, on oath, to any
justice of the peace, be entitled to a warrant to enter such house, store,
or other place, (in the day time only, and there to search for such goods;
and if any shall be found, to seize and secure the same for trial; and all
such goods, wares, and merchandise, on which the duties shall not have been
paid, or secured to be paid, shall be forfeited.
SEARCH, practice. An examination made in the proper lien office for
mortgages, liens, judgments, or other encumbrances, against real estate. The
certificate given by the officer as to the result of such examination is
also called a search.
2. Conveyancers and others who cause searches to be made ought to be
very careful that they should be correct, with regard, 1. To the time during
which the person against whom the search has been made owned the premises.
2. To the property searched against, which ought to be properly described.
3. To the form of the certificate of search.
SEARCH, RIGHT OF, mar. law. The right existing in a belligerent to examine
and inspect the papers of a neutral vessel at sea. On the continent of
Europe, this is called the right of visit. Dalloz, Dict. mots Prises
Maritimes, n. 104-111.
2. The right does not extend to examine the cargo; nor does it extend
to a ship of war, it being strictly confined to the searching of merchant
vessels. The exercise of the right is to prevent the commerce of contraband
goods. Although frequently resisted by powerful neutral nations, yet this
right appears now to be fixed beyond contravention. The penalty for
violently resisting this right is the confiscation of the property so
withheld from visitation. Unless in extreme cases of gross abuse of his
right by a belligerent, the neutral has no right to resist a search. 1 Kent,
Com. 154; 2 Bro. Civ. and Adm. Law, 319; Mann. Comm. B. 3, c. 11.
To dream that you are searching for something,
signifies the need to find something that is missing or needed in your life.
You may be searching for a solution to a problem.
analysis,
angle for,
ask for,
beat,
beat about for,
beat the bushes,
burrow,
cast about,
chase,
check,
chivy,
comb,
delve,
delve for,
delve into,
dig,
dig for,
dig into,
dog,
domiciliary visit,
dragnet,
enquiry,
examine,
fan,
fathom,
fish for,
follow,
follow up,
forage,
frisk,
give chase,
go after,
go gunning for,
go into,
go through,
grub,
gun for,
hollo after,
hound,
house-search,
hunt for,
hunt up,
hunting,
indagate,
inquire of,
inspect,
inspection,
look,
look around,
look at,
look for,
look into,
look over,
look round,
look through,
look up,
make after,
nose around,
peer into,
perquisition,
perusal,
plumb,
poke,
poke around,
poke into,
posse,
prosecute,
prowl after,
pry,
pry into,
pursual,
pursuance,
pursue,
pursuing,
quest after,
raise the hunt,
rake,
ransacking,
research,
researching,
root,
run after,
run down,
scan,
scour,
scouring,
scout out,
scrimmage,
scrutiny,
search for,
search into,
search party,
search through,
search warrant,
search-and-destroy operation,
searching,
see to,
seek for,
seek out,
seeking,
shake down,
sift,
sifting,
skirmish,
smell around,
sound,
stalk,
stalking,
still hunt,
still-hunt,
study,
take out after,
try to find,
turning over