| 单词 | international water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinternational water international water n. International Law (a) = international waterway n.; (b) (chiefly in plural) the areas of the sea outside the territorial jurisdiction of any nation; the high seas (now the usual sense). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [noun] > open to all nations high seaeOE mare liberum1651 international water1858 1858 tr. Die Zeit (Berlin) in Morning Chron. 14 Jan. 3/1 If in previous treaties the declarations relative to the freedom of navigation in international waters [Ger. auf den internationalen Strömen] are not directly connected with the work of peace, it is quite otherwise with the Treaty of Paris. The free navigation of the Danube forms one of the essential provisions of that act. 1893 Rep. Sel. Comm. Sea Fisheries: Minutes of Evid. 60/2 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 377) XV. 17 Would you be in favour of any limitation being put upon our own men in international waters unless it was equally put on the fishermen of other nationalities? 1905 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 17 Mar. 2724 We are now legislating in regard to an international water, in respect of which the province has no authority at all. 1983 S. Sayer in M. Anderson Frontier Regions in W. Europe 66 Transfrontier water pollution is not restricted to rivers; international waters such as Lake Constance and Lake Geneva..are also affected. 1990 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 17 Jan. 10 a Support ships..planned to take up position in international water off Colombia. 2007 R. Muchamore Fall 4 The helicopter tracked the crippled boat for ninety minutes as it headed for the safety of international waters. < as lemmas |
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