three-mile limit

three-mile limit

[three-mahyl]
noun International Law.
the limit of the marine belt of three miles (4.8 km), which is included within the jurisdiction of the state possessing the coast.

Origin:
1890–95

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three-mile limit
 
n
international law the range of a nation's territorial waters, extending to three nautical miles from shore

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