or Pass, a licence or writing obtained from a prince or governor, granting permission and a safe-conduct to pass through his territories without molestation. Also a permission granted by any state to navigate in some particular sea, without hindrance or molestation from it. It contains the name of the vessel, and that of the master, together with her tonnage and the number of her crew, certifying that she belongs to the subjects of a particular state, and requiring all persons at peace with that state to suffer her to proceed on her voyage without interruption.