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
For the crowds that gathered excitedly on waterfront George Washington Avenue to watch the U.S. missile cruiser Little Rock and a destroyer escort patrolling just beyond the three-mile limit, liberty had already arrived.
From Time Magazine Archive
The "defensive sea area"�in which all boats can be hailed�has been extended to the three-mile limit, while patrol craft will be allowed to intercept any suspicious boat as far out as twelve miles.
From Time Magazine Archive
But at last they took their departure and Mr. Willing knew they had passed beyond the three-mile limit.
From The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal by Burnett, Carolyn Judson
