three-mile limit

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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

Orally amplifying his proclamation, he explained that belligerent submarines may not come within the traditional three-mile limit of U. S. coasts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then comes the first word from headquarters: "Captain, they want to know the feasibility of intercepting him before he reaches the three-mile limit."

From Time Magazine Archive

But her papers are all in order and as long as she stays outside the three-mile limit we can do nothing about it.

From The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards by Breckenridge, Gerald