Mare
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Lat. The sea.
— Mare clausum. The sea closed: that is, not open or free. The title of Semen's great work, intended as an answer to the Mare Liberum of Grotius; in which he undertakes to prove the sea to be capable of private dominion. 1 Kent, Comm. 27.
— Mare liberum. The sea free. The title of a work written by Grotius against the Portuguese claim to an exclusive trade to the Indies, through the South Atlantic and Indian oceans; showing that the sea was not capable of private dominion. 1 Kent, Comm. 27.