touch and stay
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. [Cases: Insurance 3059. C.J.S. Insurance § 768.]