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three-mile limit
[ three-mahyl lim-it ]
noun
, International Law.
- 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
- international law the range of a nation's territorial waters, extending to three nautical miles from shore
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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.
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The Colleen was pretty well inshore then, and yet safe outside the three-mile limit in our judgment.
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As a matter of fact, outside the three-mile limit, she practically owns the waters of the world.
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Beyond the three-mile limit, the ocean becomes the "high seas," and is then open to anybody.
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The water was as a general rule too deep outside the three-mile limit for legitimate fishing.
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