mare clausum

mare clausum
/mair"ee klaw"seuhm, mahr"ay/; Lat. /mah"rdde klow"soom/
a body of navigable water under the sole jurisdiction of a nation. Cf. mare liberum.
[1645-55; < L: closed sea]

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