In 1879, to contain the problem, a
three-mile limit restricted their movements to the inner city rather than allow "contamination" of other environs.
In addition to the military response, Israel closed two border checkpoints and instituted a
three-mile limit for Palestinian fishing boats.
Once you're past the
three-mile limit offshore, give me a well full of big sardines and cigar minnows and you can keep your pogies.
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Conwy County Council says the subsidies for some pupils living within the
three-mile limit from Ysgol John Bright and Ysgol Aberconwy are "an anomaly", and that ending them would mean all pupils in the county are treated equally.
That is important because the state's taxing power does not apply beyond the
three-mile limit. As a result, with the small exception noted below, beyond the
three-mile limit the state generally receives no share of oil production revenue.
She even explained that management is regional within the
three-mile limit but federal in waters between three and 200 miles, which results in more appropriate decisions locally - including the defence of small-scale fisheries.
The
three-mile limit is not enough to accommodate Gaza's more than 3700 fishermen and serves only to deepen their poverty and that of their families.
The Israeli authorities have employed a shoot-to-kill policy on fishing boats operating outside the
three-mile limit; Palestinian vessels have been impounded and at least x5 fishermen have lost their lives.
A Cardiff council spokeswoman said the residents of Ramsons Way were within the
three-mile limit and were not entitled to free school transport but had been offered available spaces on a school bus service.
However, Sealand is six miles off the British coast in international waters, beyond the
three-mile limit of British jurisdiction.
A judge ruled Sealand lay outside the
three-mile limit of UK territorial waters and was therefore outside government control.