Definition of Territorial waters

1. Noun. The waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction.

Generic synonyms: Body Of Water, Water
Group relationships: Briny, Main
Specialized synonyms: U.s. Waters, United States Waters
Antonyms: High Sea, International Waters

Definition of Territorial waters

1. Noun. (politics geography) A country's inland lakes and waterways as well as the portion of its coastal oceans, seas, or other adjoining bodies of water considered to fall within the political boundaries and legal jurisdiction of that country. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Territorial Waters

terrifying
terrifyingly
terrifyingness
terrigenous
terrine
terrines
territ
territorial
territorial division
territorial dominion
territorial matrices
territorial matrix
territorial reserve
territorial water
territorial waters (current term)
territorialisation
territorialise
territorialism
territorialisms
territorialist
territorialists
territorialities
territoriality
territorialization
territorializations
territorialize
territorialized
territorializes
territorializing

Literary usage of Territorial waters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"territorial waters Jurisdiction Act, 1878. § 177b. ... "'The territorial waters of Her Majesty's dominions,' in reference to the sea, means such part of the ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"In international law " territorial waters " are the belt of sea adjacent to their shores which states respect as being under their immediate territorial ..."

3. A Treatise on International Law by William Edward Hall, Alexander Pearce Higgins (1917)
"It must be added that this can only be waters"* done when the pursuit is commenced while the vessel is still for infrac- within the territorial waters or ..."

4. International Law by John Westlake (1910)
"Pursuit from, territorial waters to the Open Sea. We have mentioned that the exclusive authority of the state of the flag in the open sea is subject to a ..."

5. International Law by John Westlake (1910)
"Pursuit from territorial waters to the Open Sea. We have mentioned that the exclusive authority of the state of the flag in the open sea is subject to a ..."

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