twelve-mile limit

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The Nimitz was in international waters, beyond the twelve-mile limit any nation can claim.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

Pack a lunch, and I’ll see you out past the twelve-mile limit.

From Forbes • Aug. 17, 2011

Later that afternoon two Libyan MiG-25s ventured out beyond the twelve-mile limit and then turned tail of their own accord.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not only the Soviet Union, but also Japan, East Germany, Poland, Iceland, Spain and other nations have been sending their big and in some cases government-subsidized fleets to the rich grounds beyond America's twelve-mile limit.

From Time Magazine Archive

"They were outside the twelve-mile limit," Scotty pointed out.

From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John