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territorial waters

noun as in coastal waters

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Even more striking, once the cables are a few miles offshore, beyond territorial waters, there is no law that protects them.

Since 1922, no whaling has been conducted in the territorial waters of southeastern Alaska.

These different kinds of territorial waters will be separately discussed below in 176-197.

To the territory of a State belong not only the land within the State boundaries, but also the so-called territorial waters.

Only pieces of land together with the appurtenant territorial waters are alienable parts of territory.

Occasions for men-of-war to sail through foreign territorial waters and to enter foreign ports necessarily arise therefrom.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to territorial waters, such as: continental shelf, inland waters, offshore rights, three-mile limit, and twelve-mile limit.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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