territorial limit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofterritorialandlimit
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territorial
adjective
uk/ˌter.ɪˈtɔː.ri.əl/us/ˌter.əˈtɔːr.i.əl/
relating ...
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limit
noun
uk/ˈlɪm.ɪt/us/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible ...
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(Definition ofterritorialandlimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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No foreign vessel may fish within our three-mileterritoriallimit.
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Both reports commented on the question of pollution control within the three-mileterritoriallimit.
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In this case, if it had a three-mileterritoriallimitaround it, it ought to be a 12-mile limit in the future.
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The matters in which they are interested are trawling for herrings, the statement that such trawling is harmful to the industry, and theterritoriallimit.
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The benefit should clearly not be available exclusively to the country which has aterritoriallimitcontiguous with the ocean.
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The questions of the fishery limit and of theterritoriallimitare tied up together.
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He asked why there should be a difference in the conditions obtaining inside theterritoriallimitand just outside.
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Of course, it is extremely difficult to deal with a boat flying a foreign flag which is outside theterritoriallimit.
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Did he not overlook the fact that these courts may have a very sharpterritoriallimit?
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It might, for example, be drilling for oil under the sea beyond theterritoriallimit.
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The extension of theterritoriallimitfrom 3 to 12 miles will therefore have no effect.
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There is noterritoriallimit.
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I suppose ultimately the only hope is that by international action the discharge of this oil wastage may be prevented beyond our ownterritoriallimitof three miles.
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It was impossible to follow suit by taking ourterritoriallimitto 200 miles or the median line and redeveloping and rebuilding our fishing industry in our own waters.
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I would add that we are not seeking to compromise the three-mileterritoriallimitbut are standing on the position as we think it should be.
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This is not an arbitraryterritoriallimit.
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Airspace not within any country'sterritoriallimitis considered international, analogous to the high seas in maritime law.
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State emissions, on the other hand, were exposed to varying rates of exchange and were usually not received beyond the territorial limits of each state.
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It is envisaged that designated sea areas will be close inshore and well within present territorial limits.
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She escaped successfully outside the territorial limits before her absence was discovered and a pursuit was commenced.
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