33 U.S.C. § 1601 — Definitions

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For the purposes of this chapter—

(1)

“vessel” means every description of watercraft, including nondisplacement craft and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water; and

(2)

“high seas” means all parts of the sea that are not included in the territorial sea or in the internal waters of any nation.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–75, § 2, July 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 308.)

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