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"Three-mile limit" Quotes from Famous Books

... there has been no recent aggravation of the irritation. In 1894 an end was made to the dispute over the right of America to exclude other nations from taking the seals of the Aleutian Islands outside the three-mile limit. Canadian vessels had been seized and confiscated by America, and a state of high tension existed, which was relieved by a reference of the dispute to arbitration. This time the award was in favour of Canada. The exclusive right of pelagic sealing was denied to the United States, ...

— Canada • J. G. Bourinot

... immense shipping. As a matter of fact, outside the three-mile limit, she practically owns the waters of the world. If she makes lower rates for her allies, or others to whom she gives preference, where shall we be in our chronic and unpardonable dependence upon foreign bottoms? Here is where ...

— The War After the War • Isaac Frederick Marcosson

... will have discharged her cargo weeks before McBride arrives. Then suppose Peasley takes a notion to warp his vessel outside the three-mile limit. What authority ...

— Cappy Ricks • Peter B. Kyne

... you," I apostrophized it, saluting. "When we get outside the three-mile limit and stop courting ...

— The Firefly Of France • Marion Polk Angellotti

... have a tip that the Dauntless intended to ram the revenue cutter, and a warning to that effect appeared in the evening paper, together with the rumor that a Spanish cruiser was waiting just outside the three-mile limit. ...

— Rainbow's End • Rex Beach