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
When the four asked for asylum, the Coast Guard consulted the State Department, then advised the Cuban ship to "approach no closer than 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
No possible construction of international law could give us rights beyond the three-mile limit.
From Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
