High Seas
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Theocean; public waters. Aceording tothe English doctrine, the high sea begins at the distanceof three miles from the coast of any country; according to the American view, ab low-water mark, except in the case of small harbors and roadsteads inclosed within the fauces ferre. The open ocean outside of the fauces terre, as distinguished from arms of the sea; the waters of the ocean without the boundary of any county. Any waters on the sea-coast which are without the boundaries of low-water mark.