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• high seas — plural noun The open ocean • • • Main Entry: ↑high * * * high seas, the open ocean. The high seas are outside the authority of any country. * * * plural n. the high seas the open ocean, esp. that not within any country s jurisdiction * * * noun… …   Useful english dictionary

• high seas — n. open ocean waters outside the territorial limits of any single nation * * * In maritime law, the waters lying outside the territorial waters of any and all states. In the Middle Ages, a number of maritime states asserted sovereignty over large …   Universalium

• high seas — all parts of the sea that are not included in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of a state (Geneva Convention on the High Seas 1958). The territorial sea was fixed as not exceeding 12 nautical miles by the 1982 Convention on the Law… …   Law dictionary

• high seas — ˌhigh ˈseas noun [plural] the areas of ocean that do not belong to any particular country: • the need to establish regional organizations which would regulate fishing on the high seas and settle disputes compare territorial waters …   Financial and business terms

• High seas — High High, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he[ a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw. h[ o]g, Dan. h[ o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. h[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• high seas — n the high seas literary the areas of ocean around the world that do not belong to any particular country …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• high seas — ► PLURAL NOUN (the high seas) ▪ the open ocean, especially that not within any country s jurisdiction …   English terms dictionary

• high seas — n. open ocean waters outside the territorial limits of any single nation …   English World dictionary

• high seas — {n. phr.} The open ocean, not the waters near the coast. * /It was a big powerful liner built to sail on the high seas./ * /The ships of every country have the right to sail on the high seas./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• high\ seas — n. phr. the open ocean, not the waters near the coast. It was a big powerful liner built to sail on the high seas. The ships of every country have the right to sail on the high seas …   Словарь американских идиом

• high seas — N PLURAL: the N The high seas is used to refer to the sea. [LITERARY] It was a time of battles on the high seas, pirates and hidden treasure …   English dictionary