These terms are used to signify connection with, or limitation with reference to, a par- ticular country or territory. Thus, “territorial law” is the correct expression for the law of a particular country or state, aituough ” municipal law ” is more common. ” Territorial waters ” are that part of the sea adjacent to the coast of a given country which is by international law deemed to be within the sovereignty of that country, so that its courts have jurisdiction over offenses committed on those waters, even by a persen on board a foreign ship. Sweet.
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