Definition of Three-mile limit

1. Noun. The limit of a nation's territorial waters.

Generic synonyms: Demarcation, Demarcation Line, Limit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Three-mile Limit

three-headed
three-hitter
three-horned
three-hundredth
three-lane
three-leafed
three-leaved
three-legged
three-legged race
three-line whip
three-lobed
three-martini lunch
three-martini lunches
three-membered
three-mile limit (current term)
three-milk cake
three-minute warning
three-nerved
three-on-the-tree
three-parted
three-party
three-peat
three-piece
three-piece suit
three-pile
three-ply
three-point landing
three-point line

Literary usage of Three-mile limit

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

1. International Law by George Grafton Wilson (1922)
"The three-mile limit (a) One of the most generally recognized rules of ... The three-mile limit became more and more generally recognized after the ..."

2. International Law by George Grafton Wilson (1922)
"The three-mile limit (a) One of the most generally recognized rules of ... The three-mile limit became more and more generally recognized after the ..."

3. International Law by George Grafton Wilson, George Fox Tucker (1917)
"The three-mile limit (a) One of the most generally recognized rules of ... The three-mile limit became more and more generally recognized after the ..."

4. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1908)
"... within the three-mile limit, having all its four fishing boats, dories, out for the purpose; that on observing ttie approach in obvious pursuit, ..."

5. The Elements of International Law: With an Account of Its Origin Sources and by George Breckenridge Davis (1908)
"THE MARINE LEAGUE: THE three-mile limit Jurisdiction over a Portion of Coast Sea. Although the strict territorial jurisdiction of a state ends at the ..."

6. The Elements of International Law: With an Account of Its Origin Sources and by George Breckenridge Davis (1908)
"THE MARINE LEAGUE: THE three-mile limit Jurisdiction over a Portion of Coast Sea. Although the strict territorial jurisdiction of a state ends at the ..."

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