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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MARE CLAUSUM

Latin: closed sea.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MARE CLAUSUM

mare clausum  [ˈmɑːreɪ ˈklaʊsʊm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MARE CLAUSUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mare clausum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MARE CLAUSUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mare clausum

Mare clausum is a term used in international law to mention a sea, ocean or other navigable body of water under the jurisdiction of a state that is closed or not accessible to other states. Mare clausum is an exception to mare liberum, meaning a sea that is open to navigation to ships of all nations. In the generally accepted principle of International waters, oceans, seas, and waters outside national jurisdiction are open to navigation by all and referred to as "high seas" or mare liberum. Portugal and Spain defended a Mare clausum policy during the age of discovery. This was soon challenged by other European nations.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MARE CLAUSUM


adsum
ˈædˌsʊm
Aksum
ˈɑːksʊm
Axum
ˈɑːksʊm
outsum
ˌaʊtˈsʊm
soum
sʊm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MARE CLAUSUM

marconigraph
Marcos
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Marcuse
Mardi Gras
Marduk
mardy
mare
Mare Internum
mare liberum
mare nostrum
mare´s-nest
mare´s-tail
maremma
maremma sheepdog
maremme
Marengo
Marenzio
marero

WORDS THAT END LIKE MARE CLAUSUM

alyssum
checksum
cogito, ergo sum
corpus callosum
corpus cavernosum
dim sum
dorsum
gypsum
helichrysum
Hilversum
lump sum
odontoglossum
opossum
pensum
possum
responsum
sargassum
sum
vector sum
zero-sum

Synonyms and antonyms of mare clausum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mare clausum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MARE CLAUSUM

Find out the translation of mare clausum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mare clausum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mare clausum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

马clausum
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clausum mare
570 millions of speakers

English

mare clausum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घोड़ी clausum
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

clausum فرس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кобыла clausum
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mare clausum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মারি ক্লোজাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clausum jument
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Clausum mare
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stute clausum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

牝馬clausum
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수컷 clausum
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mare clausum
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

clausum ngựa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேரி கிளாஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॉअर क्लॉजम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mare clausum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clausum mare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klacz clausum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кобила clausum
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Clausum mare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mare clausum
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

merrie clausum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mare clausum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mare clausum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mare clausum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MARE CLAUSUM»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MARE CLAUSUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mare clausum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARE CLAUSUM»

Discover the use of mare clausum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mare clausum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Of the Dominion, Or, Ownership of the Sea
London: William Du-Gard, 1652. xliii, 200, 37 pp. Reprinted 2004 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-272-7. Cloth. $110. * Reprint of the first edition in English.
John Selden, 1652
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Origin and Development Pf the Law of the Sea: History of ...
175 Selden's Mare Clausum The most formidable reply to Grotius and challenge to his theory of Mare Liberum came from John Selden, a brilliant British scholar who wrote on the behest of the English Crown, and whose comprehensive ...
Ram Prakash Anand, 1983
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Hobbes's Theory of the Will: Ideological Reasons and ...
232. Tuck, Philosophy and Government, xiv. My italics. 233. Hobbes, Three Discourses, 110. 234. In April 1636 Hobbes wrote in a letter to a certain "Mr. Glen " that he desired "to see Seldens Mare Clausum, having already a great Opinion of it.
Jürgen Overhoff, 2000
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The Ideological Origins of the British Empire
As a matter of law, Selden's arguments in Mare Clausum were effectively irrelevant by 1689.:"'9 However, his historical arguments from fact for English dominium and imperium over the British seas became a locus classicus for later students of ...
David Armitage, 2000
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Cries of the Sea: World Inequality, Sustainable Development ...
BEYOND MARE LIBERUM AND MARE CLAUSUM: THE COMMON HERITAGE OF HUMANITY AS A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW What purpose is served by adopting a fundamental principle for the "seabed ...
Peter B. Payoyo, 1997
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Modern Law of the Sea: Selected Essays
... EH UHFDOOHG EULHÀ\ 7KH &KDSWHU KRZHYHU FRQFHQWUDWHV XSRQ WKH GHYHO- opment of the modern law and the central issue of the limits of national jurisdiction. I Earlier History: Mare Clausum and Mare Liberum The ...
David Anderson, 2008
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Crucial Years in Anglo-Dutch Relations (1625-1642): The ...
The Freedom of the Seas – Mare Liberum – Mare Clausum In order to strengthen his subjects' resolve but also to make his position known to other nations, Charles had decided in 1635 that a treatise, titled Mare Clausum seu Dominium Maris ...
Anton Poot, 2013
8
Theory and History of Ocean Boundary-Making
7 John Selden and other English advocates of mare clausum tried to prove that British dominion in the adjoining seas was anterior to the Roman occupation. Fulton, Sovereignty of the Sea, 25. 8 According to the orthodox view of things, ...
Douglas M. Johnston, 1988
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Beyond the Law of the Sea: New Directions for U.S. Oceans Policy
James B. Morell, The Law of the Sea: An Historical Analysis of the 1982 Treaty and Its Rejection by the United States (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 1992), 174, referring to John Selden, Mare Clausum: Seu De Dominio  ...
George Galdorisi, Kevin R. Vienna, 1997
10
Regional Co-operation and Protection of the Marine ...
The Black Sea: From Mare Clausum to Mare Sui Generis 2.1 Black Sea as Mare Clausum During a period of approximately three hundred years the Black Sea was a closed sea, a mare clausum, politically and physically closed off from the ...
Nilufer Oral, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARE CLAUSUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mare clausum is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Eagle Must Show its Talons: China's 'Closed Sea' Openly …
In Mare Clausum (The Closed Sea), Selden turned the Grotius theory upside down. He claimed that an open sea was “merely a pretext and ... «Breitbart News, Jun 15»
2
The Rise Of UNCLOS And 21st Century Evil
... formulated by the Dutch philosopher and jurist Hugo Grotius (1583 to 1645), and the concept of mare clausum (closed sea) developed by the ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jun 15»
3
The One Moment in Singapore's History You Should Know About
Today, his Mare Liberum (Free Sea), along with the counterarguments it inspired (most pointedly Mare Clausum (Enclosed Sea) by John ... «The Diplomat, Mar 15»
4
Roots of international law in 1603 incident off Changi
... the busy sea lanes of the South China Sea, harks back to the mare clausum (closed sea) principles favoured by the Portuguese in the 1600s. «The Straits Times, Feb 15»
5
China's 'Nine-Dash Line' Claim: US Misunderstands - Analysis
But Grotius was refuted and attacked by many British scholars headed by John Selden, who published The Mare Clausum in a bid to defend ... «Eurasia Review, Jan 15»
6
China's own ancient maps disprove Beijing sea claim
He wrote in 1635 Mare Clausum under the King's patronage. Mare Clausum, or closed sea, refutes Hugo Grotius' Mare Liberum, or free sea. «Philippine Star, Oct 14»
7
Off the Cape, a time capsule
Then the Romans declared the Mediterranean to be mare nostrum, our sea, and, during periods of dangerous navigation, mare clausum, ... «Boston Globe, Jun 14»
8
A cartographer's dream
In 1619 he wrote a treatise called Mare Clausum (“The Closed Sea”), in which he argued that countries had jurisdiction over the sea close to ... «The Economist, Jan 14»
9
To Fight Assimilation, Stop Dumbing Down Judaism
[John Selden's] 1635 treatise on the law of the sea, Mare Clausum—one of the founding texts of international law—argued for the concept of ... «Commentary Magazine, Nov 13»
10
China's New Naval Theorist
This was the doctrine of the closed sea, or mare clausum. Sovereign jurisdiction went as far as the fleet, or shore-fired artillery, could carry it. «the Diplomat, Jul 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mare clausum [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mare-clausum>. Apr 2024 ».
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