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/tˌɛrɪtˈɔriəl wˈɔtərz/ Listen

Territorial waters

noun

The waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction.

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"Territorial waters" Quotes from Famous Books

... voluntarily the territorial waters of a belligerent becomes subject to its municipal laws, as do the persons on ...

— Current History, A Monthly Magazine - The European War, March 1915 • New York Times

... sow any floating mines, whether upon the high seas or in territorial waters; that neither will plant on the high seas anchored mines, except within cannon range of harbors for defensive purposes only; and that all mines shall bear the stamp of the Government planting them, and be so constructed as to become harmless if ...

— New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various

... adventure, Mills described to us how he swam to the beach clad simply in a money belt and a pair of trousers. Shells were falling all round till a tiny French gunboat came out of Bayonne and shooed the Numancia away out of territorial waters. ...

— The Arrow of Gold - a story between two notes • Joseph Conrad

... of all hostilities at sea and definite information to be given as to the location and movements of all German ships. Notification to be given to neutrals that freedom of navigation in all territorial waters is given to the naval and mercantile marines of the allied and associated powers, all questions ...

— World's War Events, Volume III • Various

... had run there for shelter not long since, and had still left a day or two, under the orders from Washington, to decide whether she would let herself be interned or not. And outside, beyond the three mile limit that marked the end of American territorial waters, were two good reasons to make the German think well of being interned. They were two cruisers, squat and ugly and vicious in their gray war paint, that watched the entrance to the harbor as you have seen a cat watching a ...

— A Minstrel In France • Harry Lauder