marine league
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It is generally understood that a nation's authority extends out into the sea a marine league from shore.
From Studies in Civics by J. T. (James Thompson) McCleary
She remained a few hours to supply herself with refreshments, and as night fell took her station; but not at the distance of a marine league during the night.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Raphael Semmes
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 Raphael Semmes
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 Albert M. Goodrich
Thus in the absence of legislation by Congress, the States through their courts may punish offenses upon their navigable waters and upon the sea within one marine league of the shore.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin
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