Foreign Waters
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
By U. S. R. S. $ 4370, tugboats towing in whole or in part in foreign waters are exempt from a penalty therein imposed on foreign tugboats for towing vessels of the United States. Where the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of June 15, 1846, fixed the boundary between the two countries in the strait of San Juan de Fuca by a line following the middle of the strait, but also secured to each nartion a right of free were held to be “foreign waters,” within the meaning of said section; The Pilot, 60 Fed. 437, 1 C. 0. A. 623; reversing The Pilot, 48 Fed. 319.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Those belonging to another nation or country or subject to another jurisdiction, as distinguished from "domestic" waters. The Pilot. 50 Fed. 437, 1 C. O. A. 523.
Defined under Water in Black's Law Dictionary.