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Territorial waters

Territorial waters Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Territorial waters? [n] the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction Synonyms \| Synonyms for Territorial waters: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Territorial waters: See Also \| body of water \| briny \| main \| U.S. waters \| United States waters \| water Territorial waters In Webster's Dictionary \Ter`rito"rial wa"ters\ (Internat. Law) The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state; specif., the belt (often called the {marine belt} or {territorial sea}) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states. Perhaps it may be said without impropriety that a state has theoretically the right to extend its territorial waters from time to time at its will with the increased range of guns. Whether it would in practice be judicious to do so . . . is a widely different matter . . . . In any case the custom of regulating a line three miles from land as defining the boundary of marginal territorial waters is so far fixed that a state must be supposed to accept it in absence of express notice. --W. E. Hall.

Territorial waters Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Territorial waters?

[n] the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction

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Territorial waters In Webster's Dictionary

\Ter`ri*to"ri*al wa"ters\ (Internat. Law)
The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state;
specif., the belt (often called the

{marine belt} or

{territorial sea}) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and
   subject only to the right of innocent passage by the
   vessels of other states.

         Perhaps it may be said without impropriety that a
         state has theoretically the right to extend its
         territorial waters from time to time at its will
         with the increased range of guns. Whether it would
         in practice be judicious to do so . . . is a widely
         different matter . . . . In any case the custom of
         regulating a line three miles from land as defining
         the boundary of marginal territorial waters is so
         far fixed that a state must be supposed to accept it
         in absence of express notice.         --W. E. Hall.

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