Legal Term: BEYOND SEA

Definition: This phrase is used in the acts of limitations of several of thestates, in imitation of the phraseology of the English statute of limitations. In Pennsylvania, the term has been construed to signify out of the United States. 9 S. & R. 288, 2 Dall. R. 217, 1 Yeates, R. 329. In Georgia, it is equivalent to without the limits of the state, 3 Wheat. R. 541, and the same construction prevails in Maryland, 1 Har. & John. 350, 1 Harr. & MH. 89, in South Carolina, 2 McCord, Rep. 331, and in Massachusetts. 3 Mass. R. 271, 1 Pick. R. 263. Vide Kirby, R. 299, 3 Bibb. R. 510, 3 Litt. R. 48, 1 John. Cas. 76. Within the four seas, infra quatuor maria, and beyond the four seas, extra quatuor maria, in English law books signify within and without the kingdom of England, or the jurisdiction of the king of England. Co. Lit. 244 a, 1 Bl. Com. 457.

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