from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
BEYOND SEA. This phrase is used in the acts of limitations of several of the
states, in imitation of the phraseology of the English statute of
limitations. In Pennsylvania, the term has been construed to signify out of
the United States. 9 S. & R. 288; 2 Dall. R. 217; 1 Yeates, R. 329. In
Georgia, it is equivalent to without the limits of the state; 3 Wheat. R.
541; and the same construction prevails in Maryland; 1 Har. & John. 350; 1
Harr. & M'H. 89; in South Carolina; 2 McCord, Rep. 331; and in
Massachusetts. 3 Mass. R. 271; 1 Pick. R. 263. Vide Kirby, R. 299; 3 Bibb.
R. 510; 3 Litt. R. 48; 1 John. Cas. 76. Within the four seas, infra quatuor
maria, and beyond the four seas, extra quatuor maria, in English law books
signify within and without the kingdom of England, or the jurisdiction of
the king of England. Co. Lit. 244 a; 1 Bl. Com. 457.