CHAPTER VI--VISITATION, CAPTURE, AND TRIAL OF NEUTRAL VESSELS

I. _Visitation_

414. Conception of Right of Visitation 533 415. Right of Visitation, by whom, when, and where exercised 534 416. Only Private Vessels may be Visited 535 417. Vessels under Convoy 535 418. No Universal Rules regarding Mode of Visitation 537 419. Stopping of Vessels for the Purpose of Visitation 538 420. Visit 538 421. Search 539 422. Consequences of Resistance to Visitation 540 423. What constitutes Resistance 541 424. Sailing under Enemy Convoy equivalent to Resistance 542 425. Resistance by Neutral Convoy 543 426. Deficiency of Papers 543 427. Spoliation, Defacement, and Concealment of Papers 544 428. Double and False Papers 545

II. _Capture_

429. Grounds and Mode of Capture 546 430. Effect of Capture of Neutral Vessels, and their Conduct to Port 546 431. Destruction of Neutral Prizes 547 432. Ransom and Recapture of Neutral Prizes 551 433. Release after Capture 551

III. _Trial of captured Neutral Vessels_

434. Trial of Captured Vessels a Municipal Matter 553 435. Result of Trial 555 436. Trial after Conclusion of Peace 555 437. Protests and Claims of Neutrals after Trial 557