twelve-mile limit

[ twelv-mahyl ]

noun

1. the offshore boundary of a state, extending 12 miles (19 km) at sea.

twelve-mile limit

noun

1. the offshore boundary 12 miles from the coast claimed by some states as marking the extent of their territorial jurisdiction

Example Sentences

But in one matter he was proof against all requests from Longwood: this was the extension of the twelve-mile limit.

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

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