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mare liberum
[ mair-ee lib-er-uhm, mahr-ey; Latin mah-re lee-be-room ]
noun
- a body of navigable water to which all nations have unrestricted access.
mare liberum
/ ˈmÉ‘Ëreɪ ˈliËbÉ™rÊŠm /
noun
- law a sea open to navigation by shipping of all nations Compare mare clausum
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mare liberum1
1645–55; < Latin: free sea
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mare liberum1
Latin: free sea
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Yet still his claim the injured ocean laid, And oft at leap-frog o’er their steeples played, As if on purpose it on land had come To show them what’s their mare liberum.
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Great Britain having bottled up the North Sea, a mare liberum must be established.
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Yet still his claim the injur’d ocean laid, And oft at leap-frog ore their steeples plaid: As if on purpose it on land had come To show them what’s their mare liberum.
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