The outer boundary of the area extending 3 miles (4.8 km) out to sea from the coast of a state or country, considered to be within its jurisdiction.
Example sentencesExamples
Such sources would be located landward of the outer, three-mile limit of the territorial sea.
To operate legally with an installed head, boaters must either use a Type I marine sanitation device, travel to a marina that has pump-out facilities or go out in the ocean and empty their holding tanks out beyond the three-mile limit.
The rules for discharging sewage from cruise ships are essentially the same as those for a 30-foot powerboat - beyond the three-mile limit from U.S. shores, untreated sewage can be discharged.
While the MoD claims that the turbines interfere with radar, only one other European country, Germany, has a similar prohibition, and that with a much smaller three-mile limit.
She would have lain off the three-mile limit when she got to the US coast, and steam drifters would have come out under cover of darkness and taken off the booze.
Definition of three-mile limit in US English:
three-mile limit
noun
Law
The outer boundary of the area extending 3 miles (4.8 km) out to sea from the coast of a state or country, considered to be within its jurisdiction.
Example sentencesExamples
While the MoD claims that the turbines interfere with radar, only one other European country, Germany, has a similar prohibition, and that with a much smaller three-mile limit.
The rules for discharging sewage from cruise ships are essentially the same as those for a 30-foot powerboat - beyond the three-mile limit from U.S. shores, untreated sewage can be discharged.
She would have lain off the three-mile limit when she got to the US coast, and steam drifters would have come out under cover of darkness and taken off the booze.
Such sources would be located landward of the outer, three-mile limit of the territorial sea.
To operate legally with an installed head, boaters must either use a Type I marine sanitation device, travel to a marina that has pump-out facilities or go out in the ocean and empty their holding tanks out beyond the three-mile limit.