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freedom of the seas

the principle that all merchant ships may freely travel the open seas at any time

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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