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
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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
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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