three-mile limit
Example Sentences
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If the field stretches beyond the three-mile limit of state waters, Caelus would need a federal lease to tap those reserves.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2016
Delaware, Maine, New Jersey, New York and Virginia are also eager to secure permits and to lease blocks from the federal government in waters beyond the three-mile limit of state control.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2010
Orally amplifying his proclamation, he explained that belligerent submarines may not come within the traditional three-mile limit of U. S. coasts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moreover, the Quero Bank was outside Canada's three-mile limit.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Trawler fishing within the three-mile limit without lights," the girl explained to her passenger.
From El Diablo by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre
