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Three-mile limit   /θri-maɪl lˈɪmət/   Listen
Three-mile limit

noun
1.
The limit of a nation's territorial waters.





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"Three-mile limit" Quotes from Famous Books



... you," I apostrophized it, saluting. "When we get outside the three-mile limit and stop courting ...
— The Firefly Of France • Marion Polk Angellotti
... immense shipping. As a matter of fact, outside the three-mile limit, she practically owns the waters of the world. If she makes lower rates for her allies, or others to whom she gives preference, where shall we be in our chronic and unpardonable dependence upon foreign bottoms? Here is where ...
— The War After the War • Isaac Frederick Marcosson


Words linked to "Three-mile limit" :   demarcation line, demarcation, limit


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