territorial

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The law, which fishermen have nicknamed "All Fish Ashore," aims to curb poaching and overfishing and boost the supply of seafood on the domestic market by increasing controls over fishing in Russian territorial waters, which stretch 12 nautical miles, or 22.2 kilometers, from the coast.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to the geographic area under a given jurisdiction: the territorial limits of a country.
  2. adjective Relating or restricted to a particular territory; regional: a territorial court.
  3. adjective Of or relating to an administrative territory: the territorial government of the U.S. Virgin Islands; Whitehorse, the territorial capital of the Yukon.
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  • Most of the time the American side of the line was empty of vessels, all the fishing going on on the other side, in Russian territorial waters, which meant no boarding opportunities except for the occasional marine research vessel. —  Blindfold Game
  • You are trespassing in American territorial waters, I say again, you are trespassing in American territorial waters. —  Blindfold Game
  • Around, 2, 5000 illegal immigrants, intercepted within Maltese territorial waters in 2008, started out their voyage from the Libyan shores. —  MaltaMedia.com
  • Merchant vessels continue to be hijacked in Somali territorial waters, while others have been hijacked as far as 300 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia, Yemen, and Kenya in international waters. —  Latest Articles
  • The government planned to have the SDF intercept the missile with its missile defense system if it was projected to come down on Japanese soil or in Japanese territorial waters.
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  1. = French territorial = Spanish Portuguese territorial = Italian territoriale, from Late Latin territorialis, of or belonging to territory, from Latin territorium, territory: see territory.
 

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/tɛrɪˈtoʊriəl/
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