liberty of port

A phrase in a marine insurance policy which permits use to be made by the insured vessel of a specified port. The words, "with liberty" of a certain port, do not necessarily give notice to the insurer that the object of the privilege is to trade at that port, and procuring such words to be inserted is not an unequivocal intimation of the nature of the cargo insured; nor is it an intimation to the underwriters that the insured looks to such port, under any circumstances in the contemplation of the parties, as that at which the voyage is designed to terminate. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 992.