DEATH ON THE HIGH SEAS ACT

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. 46 USCA app. §§ 761–767. — Abbr. DOHSA. [Cases: Death 7, 13. C.J.S. Death §§ 17–18, 28, 32, 36.]