(three mile limit)
1three-mile limit — [thrē′mīl′] n. the outer limit of a zone of water extending three miles offshore, sometimes regarded as the extent of the territorial jurisdiction of the coastal country …
2Three-mile limit — The three mile limit refers to a traditional and now largely obsolete conception of the international law of the seas which defined a country s territorial waters, for the purposes of trade regulation and exclusivity, as extending as far as the… …
3three-mile limit — three′ mile lim′it n. law the outer limit of a three mile belt of waters adjacent to a coast, regarded as under the jurisdiction of the state possessing the coast • Etymology: 1890–95 …
4three-mile limit — /three muyl /, Internat. Law. the limit of the marine belt of three mi. (4.8 km), which is included within the jurisdiction of the state possessing the coast. [1890 95] * * * …
5the three-mile limit — Three mile Three mile , a. Of or pertaining to three miles; as, {the three mile limit}, or the limit of the marine belt (the {three mile belt} or {three mile zone}) of three miles included in territorial waters (which see) of a state. [Webster… …
6three-mile limit — noun Date: 1876 the limit of the marginal sea of three miles included in the territorial waters of a state …
7three-mile limit — The distance of one marine league or three miles offshore normally recognized as the limit of territorial jurisdiction. See territorial waters …
8three-mile limit — noun the limit of a nation s territorial waters • Hypernyms: ↑limit, ↑demarcation, ↑demarcation line …
9three-mile limit — the limit of territorial waters claimed by many states although much wider limits are claimed for fisheries …
10three-mile limit — The territorial waters of a state on the sea coast are often so designated since they include a strip three nautical miles wide off shore. The width of the strip had its origin in the ordinary range of an ancient coast defense cannon, estimated… …
