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Territorial waters   /tˌɛrɪtˈɔriəl wˈɔtərz/   Listen
Territorial waters

noun
1.
The waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction.





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... ran counter alike to the jealousy of patriots and to the sentiment of humanitarians. It directed that a fugitive slave should not be received on board a British vessel unless his life was in danger, and that, if she were in territorial waters, he should be surrendered on legal proof of his condition. If the ship were at sea, he should only be received and protected until she reached the country to which he belonged. These strange and startling orders were not in harmony either with the Law of Nations or with ...
— Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography • George William Erskine Russell


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