marine league
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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They were still lying to, and fortunately for me, they were four or five miles off; outside of the charmed marine league.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
By international consent the jurisdiction of a country bordering on the "high seas" is a line one marine league seaward from the margin of the land, and following its meanders.
From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)
It has been said that the Proserpine, when this incident occurred, was off the point of the Campanella, distance about half a marine league.
From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore
The river, the bay, and the marine league along the shore, are all within the scope of this grant.
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel
The easy going governor contented himself with a written statement of Captain Semmes that the captures were made outside of the marine league.
From Cruise and Captures of the Alabama by Goodrich, Albert M.
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