Territorial waters
Definition of Territorial waters
Ter`ri`to´ri`al wa´ters
1.
(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
may
be
said
without
impropriety
that
a
state
has
theoretically
the
right
to
extend
its
territorial
waters
from
time
to
time
at
its
will
with
the
increased
range
of
guns
.
Whether
it
would
in
practice
be
judicious
to
do
so
. . .
is
a
widely
different
matter
. . . .
In
any
case
the
custom
of
regulating
a
line
three
miles
from
land
as
defining
the
boundary
of
marginal
territorial
waters
is
so
far
fixed
that
a
state
must
be
supposed
to
accept
it
in
absence
of
express
notice
.
- W. E. Hall.
Related Words
body
of
water
,
briny
,
high
sea
,
international
waters
,
main
,
U
.
S
.
waters
,
United
States
waters
,
water
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