Narrow Seas
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English law. Those seas which adjoin the coast of England. Bac. Abr. "Prerogative" (B 3). NASCITURUS (Lat. from nasci, to be bom).
In the civil law. An unborn child; a child to be born, or about to be born. 1 Kaufm. Mackeld. Civ. Law, 128, § 118; Tayl. Civ. Law, 248. NASTRE (Law Fr.) Bom. FoU nastres, born fools; idiots from birth. Britt. c. 84.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The seas off the coast of England.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In English Law. Those seas which adjoin the coast of England. Bacon, Abr. Prerogative (B 3).
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Those seas which run between two coasts not far apart. The term is sometimes applied to the English channel. Wharton.