three-mile limit

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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

Maine argues that coastal states control waters not only out to the three-mile limit, but beyond it as well.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Hoorn was now well beyond the three-mile limit.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.