(Jaws of the land.) Narrow headlands and promontories, inclos-ing a portion or arm of the sea within them. 1 Kent, Comm. 367, and note; Hale, De Jure Mar. 10; The Harriet, 1 Story, 251, 259, Fed. Cas. No. 6,099
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
