That portion of the sea up to a limited instance which is immediately adjacent to the shores of any country and over which the sovereignty and exclusive jurisdiction of that country extend. South Africa's territorial waters extend for 200 n.miles offshore.
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• The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state; specif., the belt (often called the marine belt or territorial sea) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states.
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(from the article `commercial fishing`) The Law of the Sea extended from 12 to 200 miles an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) within which a coastal country has control over fisheries and their ... ...projecting points may be drawn. A state has sovereignty over its territorial seas, but they are subject to the right of innocent passage—...
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Area of sea over which the adjoining coastal state claims territorial rights. This is most commonly a distance of 22.2 km/12 nautical mi from the coast, but, increasingly, states claim fishing and...
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Ter`ri·to'ri·al wa'ters (Internat. Law) The waters under the territorial jurisdiction of a state; specif., the belt (often called the
marine belt or
territorial sea ) of sea subject to such jurisdiction, and subject only to the right of innocent passage by the vessels of other states. « Perhaps it...
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That portion of the sea up to a limited instance which is immediately adjacent to the shores of any country and over which the sovereignty and exclusive jurisdiction of that country extend.
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n] - the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction
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territorial waters Inland and coastal waters under the jurisdiction of a nation or state, especially the ocean waters within three or twelve miles (4.8 or 19.3 kilometers) of the shoreline.
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noun the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction
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Area of sea over which the adjoining coastal state claims territorial rights. This is most commonly a distance of 22.2 km/12 nautical mi from the coast, but, increasingly, states claim fishing and other rights up to 370 km/200 mi
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