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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
/ ˈmɑːreɪ ˈliːbərʊm /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mare liberum1
1645–55; < Latin: free sea
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mare liberum1
Latin: free sea
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Example Sentences
Mare Liberum, seu de jure quod Batavis competit ad Indica commercia.
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Twenty-nine years after her answer to Mendoza, in 1609, appeared Grotius's short treatise "Mare liberum."
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So early as in 1609 the great Grotius had published his treatise of Mare Liberum in favour of the freedom of the seas.
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Selden's Mare clausum was a reply, written by the king's command, to the Mare liberum.
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Tush Mare liberum, they fish under our noses, and sell it to us when they have done, at their own prices.
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