All parts of the sea other than 1) the exclusive economic zone of a country, or 2) the territorial sea of a country, or 3) the internal waters of a country.
All waters seaward of the territorial sea of the United States, except waters officially recognized by, the United States as the territorial sea of another country, under international law.
The entire ocean beyond the three-mile limit where not nation has special privileges or jurisdiction (note: nations now claim 10 mile, 12 mile, or more limits).
the ocean beyond the exclusive economic zone in which no state has any sovereign claims
Areas of the oceans beyond the legal control of any nation.
those regions of the ocean that fall outside the 200 mile legal boundary of ocean that surrounds any country or territory; often referred to as "the global commons"
waters outside national jurisdictions.
All parts of the sea which are not included in the territorial seas or internal waters of States. All States have the freedom to navigate or conduct other activities, subject to certain restrictions, on the high seas. Where States have declared other zones beyond the territorial sea ( contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone, continental shelf), the traditional high seas freedoms are affected by the rights that coastal States can exercise in such zones.
This term, in municipal and international law, denotes all continuous bodies of salt water in the world that are navigable in its character and that lies outside territorial waters and maritime belts of the various countries; also called open sea.
International marine waters not included in the territorial waters of any country. Because the high seas are not owned by any country, they have their own set of laws.
international ocean water under no single country's legal jurisdiction.