DEATH ON THE HIGH SEAS ACT

Death  on  the  High  Seas  Act.A  federal  law,  enacted  in  1920,  permitting  a  wrongful-death

action to be  filed in U.S. district court for a death occurring on the  high seas. 46 USCA app. §§

761–767. — Abbr. DOHSA. [Cases: Death    7, 13. C.J.S. Death §§ 17–18, 28, 32, 36.] [Blacks Law 8th]