| 单词 | territorial waters |
| 释义 | > as lemmasterritorial waters territorial waters n. the area of sea under the jurisdiction of a state and within a stated distance of the shore (also in singular).The extent of territorial waters is traditionally reckoned as three miles from low-water mark, but has now been extended by many states. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > under jurisdiction of particular country mare clausum1652 territorial limits1739 territorial sea1800 territorial waters1841 Mare Nostrum1921 1841 J. Dodson in Ld. McNair Internat. Law Opinions (1956) I. x. 334 A free permission to Foreign Fishing Vessels so to use the Ports and Territorial waters of our Coasts, would seem likely to lead to constant evasions and violations of the stipulation which prohibits them from fishing within the Limits. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 188 ‘Territorial water’, in its essence means any water over which, or over the entrance to which, the Power possessing the coast can throw shot. Custom has given an arbitrary range of three miles. 1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 1/1 Just beyond the three-mile limit of Uruguayan territorial waters, an unidentified British warship and an Argentine patrol boat had earlier been seen. 2006 New Yorker 19 June 59/2 The U.S. and a number of its allies now reserve the right to board, inspect, and interdict, beyond their territorial waters. < as lemmas |
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