HARE

Lat. The sea. -Mare clallllu.m., The sea closed· t~at ls, not open or free. The title of Selden's great work, intended as an answer to the Maf"t' Lioervm of Grotius; in which he undertakes to prove the sea to be capable of private dominion. 1 Kent, Comm. 27.-M.are liberum. The sea free. The title of a work written by Grotius against the Portuguese claim to an exclusive trade to the Indies, through the South Atlantic and Indian oceans; showing that the sea was 11ot capable of private dominion. 1 Kent, Comm. 27. [s. 765]