Main Sea
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Sea.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The open, unin-dosed ocean ; or that portion of the sea which is without the fauces terræ on the sea-coast, in contradistinction to that which is surrounded or inclosed between narrow headlands or promontories. People v. Richmond County, 73 N. Y. 396; V. S. v. Grushi 26 Fed. Cas. 48; U. S. v. Rodgers, 150 U. S. 249, 14 Sup. Ct 109, 37 In Ed. 1071; Baker v. Hoag, 7 N. Y. 561, 59 Am. Dec. 43l; 2 East, P. C. c. 17, § 10.
Defined under Sea in Black's Law Dictionary.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
That part of the sea not within the body of a county. Baker v. Hoag, 7 N. Y. 555; 3 Barb. 203; 7 Id. 113.