Cannon-Shot Rule

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Meaning of Cannon Shot Rule

An Obsolete method of measuring the extent of territorial waters by the range of cannon shot from the shore . This rule was to the effect that a coastal state possessed sovereignty over the waters within cannon shot from the shore. U.S. v Alaska, 95 S.Ct. 2240. 422 U.S. 184, 45 L.Ed.2d 109.

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English Legal System: Cannon-Shot Rule

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Cannon-Shot Rule : The rule by which a state has territorial sovereignty of that coastal sea within three miles of land. Its name derives from the fact that in the 17th century this limit roughly corresponded to the outer range of coastal artillery weapons and therefore reflected the principle terrae dominum finitur, ubi finitur armarium vis (the dominion of the land ends where the range of weapons ends). The rule is now not widely recognized: many nations have established a 6- or 12-mile coastal limit.

See also territorial waters.


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