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Definition of High sea
1. Noun. The open seas of the world outside the territorial waters of any nation.
Generic synonyms: Body Of Water, Water
Group relationships: Briny, Main
Antonyms: Territorial Waters, Territorial Waters
Definition of High sea
1. Noun. The sea when it is very rough due to strong winds and storms, such that the sea encroaches much further inland than is normal, often causing damage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of High Sea
Literary usage of High sea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"The high sea.—We come now to consider the kingdom of England in particular, the
direct and immediate subject of those laws concerning which we are to treat ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"The high sea or main sea properly be- gh,s at low-water mark. What is the high
sea has nothing to do with the bounds of counties, but la ascertained by ..."
3. Exterritoriality: The Law Relating to Consular Jurisdiction and to Residence by Francis Taylor Piggott (1907)
"high sea Legislation of the United Kingdom. The high sea legislation of the United
... The jurisdiction of the Consular Courts over high sea offences is ..."
4. The Bookman (1900)
"Where we stand, Could we know the next high sea-mark set beyond these waves that
gleam, We should know what never man hath known, nor eye of man hath ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1904)
"A navigable arm of the sea, therefore, is not the high sea. ... The high sea,
and havens, instead of being of similar import, are always terms of opposition ..."
6. A Treatise of the Law of Waters: Including the Law Relating to Rights in the by Humphry William Woolrych (1853)
"And, moreover, that where the place was covered over with salt water, and out of
any county or town, where it is altum mare, or the high sea; hut where it ..."
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