three-mile limit
noun
: the limit of the marginal sea of three miles included in the territorial waters of a state
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The prosecutors contended that the three-mile limit for California’s waters should be calculated from an imaginary line in the Pacific connecting the bay’s two headlands: Point Vicente and Point Dume.
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Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
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