three-mile limit

[ three-mahyl ]
/ ˈθriˌmaɪl /

noun International Law.

the limit of the marine belt of three miles (4.8 km), which is included within the jurisdiction of the state possessing the coast.

Origin of three-mile limit

First recorded in 1890–95

British Dictionary definitions for three-mile limit

three-mile limit

noun

international law the range of a nation's territorial waters, extending to three nautical miles from shore