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Mare

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The sea.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Hobse.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. The sea. Mare altum: the high sea. Mare apertnm: the open sea.,

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. ‘The sea.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. Sea. Mare altum: the high sea. Mare apertum: the open sea.