• This term was used when a person could not be served with a summons, notice, etc. because the person was absent from the jurisdiction. Some jurisdictions toll the statute of limitations during a defendant’s absence. 2. Out of state.
• Although originally beyond seas meant “out of the country,” the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the term includes absence from a state. Murray’s Lessee v. Baker, 16 U.S. 541, 545 (1818).
— Also termed beyond sea; beyond the seas; ultra mare.