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Definitions for territorial waters
ter·ri·to·rial wa·ters

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. territorial watersnoun

    the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction

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  1. territorial waters

    Territorial waters are the waters that extend up to 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state, within which the said state has sovereignty. This includes control over navigation, the air space above, and the seabed and subsoil beneath. The territorial sea is defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as an area of coastal waters that a state can use for any purpose, including military activities and customs enforcement.

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  1. Territorial waters

    Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state. The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state, although foreign ships are allowed innocent passage through it; this sovereignty also extends to the airspace over and seabed below. The term "territorial waters" is also sometimes used informally to describe any area of water over which a state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone and potentially the continental shelf.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of territorial waters in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of territorial waters in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of territorial waters in a Sentence

  1. The British spokesman:

    The prime minister underlined that the islanders had expressed their view in a referendum and that should be respected, he went on to add that the waters around the Falklands were territorial waters and it was unacceptable of Argentina to threaten investors seeking to operate there.

  2. The Supreme Court:

    Judicial power is an important component of national sovereignty, people's courts will actively exercise jurisdiction over China's territorial waters, support administrative departments to legally perform maritime management duties ... and safeguard Chinese territorial sovereignty and maritime interests.

  3. Richard Wilkinson:

    They seem to want to enforce American sanctions in British territorial waters. Good luck with that.

  4. Neil Roberts:

    Unless it is there would be no prospect of premiums rising, the shallow waters and numerous reefs in the Spratly island region means that commercial shipping is unlikely to be sailing within the territorial waters of any of the islands.

  5. Emmauel Ibe Kachikwu:

    We are launching an armada of approaches, which will include the incorporation of drones to check movements of vessels within our territorial waters.


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