foreign port

Ports of States, other than those of the State where the vessel belongs, are for that purpose considered as foreign ports

A port or place which is wholly without the United States. King 1 Brock. 235, Fed. Oas. No. 93. A-port without the jurisdiction of the court; 1 Dods. 201; 6 Exch. 886. The ports of the several states are foreign to each other so far as regards the authority of masters to pledge the credit of their vessels for supplies; The Lulu, 10 Wall. (U. S.) 192, 19 L. Ed. 906; Selden v. Hendrickson, 1 Brock. 396, Fed. Cas. No. 12,639; Negus v. Simp.son, 99 Mass. 388. Practically, the definition has become, for most purposes of maritime law, a port at such distance as to make communication with the owners of the ship very inconvenient or almost impossible. See 1 Pars. Mar. Law 142, n.; Domestic Port; Port.

A foreign port is properly one exclusively within, the jurisdiction of a foreign nation, hence one without the United States. King v. Parks, 19 Johns. (N. Y.) 375 ; Bigley v. New York & P. R. S. S. Co. (D. C.) 105 Fed. 74. But the term is also applied to a port in any state other than the state where the vessel belongs or her owner resides. The Canada (D. CO 7 Fed. l24; The Lulu, 10 Wall. 200, 19 L. Ed. 906; Negus v. Simpson, 99 Mass. 393.

Defined under Port in Black's Law Dictionary.

A port exclusively within the sovereignty of a foreign nation. A foreign port or place is a port or place without the United States. 19 Johns. 375.

A port exclusively within the sovereignty of a foreign nation. 2 Qalliso We R. 4, 7. Id. 601. Marshall, C. J., 1 Brock. R. 236, 239. A foreign port or place is a port or place without the United States. 19 Johns. R. 376.