接せつ続ぞく水すい域いき

noun

contiguous zone

A maritime zone extending up to 24 nautical miles from the baseline, where a coastal state can enforce laws concerning customs, immigration, sanitation, and fiscal matters. Used in international law and maritime contexts.

• 接せつ続ぞく水すい域いきでは、密みつ輸ゆの取とり締しまりが行おこなわれる。

  In the contiguous zone, smuggling is controlled.

• 国こく連れん海かい洋よう法ほう条じょう約やくに基もとづき、接せつ続ぞく水すい域いきの幅はばは最さい大だい24海かい里りと定さだめられている。

  Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the breadth of the contiguous zone is set at a maximum of 24 nautical miles.