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View synonyms for twelve-mile limit

twelve-mile limit

[ twelv-mahyl ]

noun

  1. the offshore boundary of a state, extending 12 miles (19 km) at sea.


twelve-mile limit

noun

  1. the offshore boundary 12 miles from the coast claimed by some states as marking the extent of their territorial jurisdiction
“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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Example Sentences

But in one matter he was proof against all requests from Longwood: this was the extension of the twelve-mile limit.

"They were outside the twelve-mile limit," Scotty pointed out.

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