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High Seas

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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As understood in international law means the entire sea or ocean area which lies beyond a three-mile belt of coast water. This coastal strip is called the mare clausum , and the rights of fishing, &c., in it are reserved to the country upon which it borders.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'High Seas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​h/high-seas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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