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
Then comes the first word from headquarters: "Captain, they want to know the feasibility of intercepting him before he reaches the three-mile limit."
From Time Magazine Archive
The states lost on legal principle in court, then won from Congress concessions within the three-mile limit.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You have the right, as captain of a ship outside the three-mile limit, to marry folks in an emergency."
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
