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 in his Peinedpex de Droit des Gens, Speaking of Le wer ltto- vile” he save: The name territorial sea is applied to all the seus or portions of the sea which belong to the territory: to the litte- ral sea, to the interior sea. in the various aceeptations of this word. to wulfs and straits. It is the general and juridical term: (fe fern general of juridique), while the others are rather physical or gvo- graphical (piystyues on geageaphiqaes), The term Tittornl sea has the adynantage of a special meaning. They say also jurisdictional sca, after one of the elements of the juridical situation of that part of the sea.

The principle that the littoral sea forms a part of the territory is justified by the necessities of the preservation and security of the state. from the point of view, military, sanitary, fiscal, as well as the point of view of the interests of industry, specially of the right of tishing. The result is. for the coast und for ferry rma, the littoral sen has the character of an accessory (le earietére Cun decessodye) and it cannot be taken independently of the coust (ivdependauneent de la cite), Speaking of * Lew Proateres” he sivs: “T have spoken already of the frontier on the sea, and of that of the land. There exists also special limits for the wants of administration heenuse the geoyraph- ical and politieal frontier Vi froutlere politique ef geugraplhiguec) do not always answer in a sufficient manner.” The distinction this clearly recognized between a geographical and political frontier ts too obvious to require further illustration.

If the georraphicenl frontier happens to be on the sea or ocean, it is known as the coast. the point of contact between the sea water and the land. upon whieh the political frontier is superimposed as an tecessory that can not be taken independently of the coast (ef gar on ie acer P avqgueriv Fadepudamucet de he eéte), That dependent and aeces- -orial frontier created by international law, solely for the purposes of jwisdiction. is annexed only te the outer const of it maritime state which it shortens by cutting across the beads of bays and inlets. thus following what i= called the general Crend of the cout.

The artificial coast line created by international law for the purposes of jurisdiction only, which, following the general trend of the coast,