In criminal law. A robbery or forcible depredation on the high seas, without lawful authority, done animo furandi, in the spirit and Inteutloh of universal hostility. United States v. Palmer, 3 wheat. 610, 4 L. Ed. 471. This is the definition of this offense by the law of nations. 1 Kent; Cotnm. 183. And see Talbot v. Janson, 3 Dall. 152, 1 L. Ed. 540; Dole v. Insurance Co., 51 Me. 467; U. S. v. Smith, 5 wheat 161, 5 L. Ed. 57; U. S. v. The Ambrose Light (D. C.) 25 Fed. 408; Davison v. Seal-skins, 7 Fed. Css. 192
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
