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three-mile limit

[ three-mahyl lim-it ]

noun

, International Law.
  1. the limit of the territorial waters of 3 miles (4.8 km), which is included within the jurisdiction of the state or nation possessing the coast.


three-mile limit

noun

  1. international law the range of a nation's territorial waters, extending to three nautical miles from shore
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of three-mile limit1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

You have the right, as captain of a ship outside the three-mile limit, to marry folks in an emergency.

The Colleen was pretty well inshore then, and yet safe outside the three-mile limit in our judgment.

As a matter of fact, outside the three-mile limit, she practically owns the waters of the world.

Beyond the three-mile limit, the ocean becomes the "high seas," and is then open to anybody.

The water was as a general rule too deep outside the three-mile limit for legitimate fishing.

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