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1the 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… …
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… …
3twelve–mile limit — n: a limit of a nation s territorial waters extending twelve miles from shore Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
4twelve-mile limit — /twɛlv maɪl ˈlɪmɪt/ (say twelv muyl limit) noun the offshore boundary of a state, extending 12 miles out to sea. Compare three mile limit …
5three-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 …
6twelve-mile limit — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : a limit of the marginal sea of 12 miles included in the territorial waters of a state * * * /twelv muyl / the offshore boundary of a state, extending 12 miles (19 km) at sea. Cf. three mile limit …
7twelve-mile limit — /twelv muyl / the offshore boundary of a state, extending 12 miles (19 km) at sea. Cf. three mile limit. * * * …
8three-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 …
9three-mile limit — noun the limit of a nation s territorial waters • Hypernyms: ↑limit, ↑demarcation, ↑demarcation line …
10three-mile limit — noun Date: 1876 the limit of the marginal sea of three miles included in the territorial waters of a state …
