The main or open sea; the high sea; that portion of the sea which does not lie within the body of any country and is not subject to the territorial jurisdiction or control of any country, but is open, free, and common, to the use of all nations. See U. S. v. Rodgers, 150 U. S. 249. 14 Sup. Ct. 109, 87 L. Ed. 1071; D. S. v. New Bed-ford Bridge, 27 Fed. Cas. 120; De Lovio v. Boit, 7 Fed. Cas. 428; U. S. v. Morel, 26 Fed. Gas. 1312
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
