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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

THREE-MILE

THREE-MILE Three "-mile `, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to three miles; as, the three-mile limit, or the limit of the marine belt (the three-mile belt or zone ) of three miles included in territorial waters (which see ) of a state.

New American Oxford Dictionary

three-mile limit

three-mile lim it ▶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.

Oxford Dictionary

three-mile limit

three-mile lim it ▶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.