twelve-mile limit

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The Nimitz was in international waters, beyond the twelve-mile limit any nation can claim.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

Pack a lunch, and I’ll see you out past the twelve-mile limit.

From Forbes • Aug. 17, 2011

Not only the Soviet Union, but also Japan, East Germany, Poland, Iceland, Spain and other nations have been sending their big and in some cases government-subsidized fleets to the rich grounds beyond America's twelve-mile limit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later that afternoon two Libyan MiG-25s ventured out beyond the twelve-mile limit and then turned tail of their own accord.

From Time Magazine Archive

"They were outside the twelve-mile limit," Scotty pointed out.

From Smugglers' Reef by Blaine, John