marine league
Americannoun
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And inside of that marine league, as it is called, the cruisers of one nation mustn't trouble the ships of another with which it happens to be at war.
From Marcy The Blockade Runner by George G. (George Gorgas) White
But they were warned of their danger by some boats, and, the weather being foggy, they got inside the marine league without being seen by the Confederates.
From Cruise and Captures of the Alabama by Albert M. Goodrich
The Iroquois never loses sight of us, violating the neutrality of the port by night by coming within the marine league to observe us.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Raphael Semmes
Its orders, generally, were to defend from molestation by a foreign armed ship all vessels of the United States within the marine league, seaward, to which neutral jurisdiction was conceded by international law.
From Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
Accordingly he set sail from the harbor of Havana, and cruised up and down at a distance of more than a marine league from the coast, awaiting the appearance of the vessel.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson
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