SEA
sea. 1. The ocean <on the sea>.2. A large landlocked part of the ocean; a large body of salt
water smaller than a regular ocean <the Mediterranean Sea>.3. The ocean swell <a rough sea>.4.
An extremely large or extended quantity <a sea of documents>.
free seas.See high seas.
high seas.The seas or oceans beyond the jurisdiction of any country. • Under traditional
international law, the high seas began 3 miles from the coast; today, the distance is generally
accepted to be 12 miles. Under the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, coastal shores
now have a 200-mile exclusive economic zone. — Also termed free seas; open seas; main sea.
[Cases: Criminal Law 97(3); International Law 5, 7. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 164; International
Law §§ 14–20, 23–24.]
main sea.Archaic. The open ocean; high seas.
navigable sea.See NAVIGABLE SEA.
open seas.See high seas.
territorial sea.See territorial waters under WATER. [Blacks Law 8th]