Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Death on the High Seas Act

A federal law, enacted in 1920, permitting a wrongful-death action to be filed in U.S. district court for a death occurring on the high seas (i.e., seas beyond any state or territory's waters). 46 USCA app. ยงยง 761-767 - Abbr. DOHSA.