Prāt'ique, n.

(prāt'eek), n. [Fr. pratique, It. pratica, Sp. practica. See PRACTICE.] (Com.) Primarily, liberty of converse; intercourse; the communication between a ship and the port at which she arrives; hence, a license or permission to hold intercourse and trade with the inhabitants of a place, after having performed quarantine, or upon a certificate that the ship did not come from an infected place; — a term used particularly in the south of Europe.