Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

touch and stay

Marine insurance. An insurer's giving to the insured the right to stop and remain at certain designated points in the course of the voyage. ( A vessel that has the power to touch and stay at a place must confine itself strictly to the terms of the permission given, and any deviation during a stay - for example, by shipping or landing goods - will discharge the underwriters, unless the vessel has permission to trade as well as to touch and stay.