''Intra fauces terrae'' is a
Legal Latin
A number of Latin terms are used in legal terminology and legal maxims. This is a partial list of these terms, which are wholly or substantially drawn from Latin.
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phrase which translates as "In the jaws of the land". It is used to define the
territorial waters
The term territorial waters is sometimes used informally to refer to any area of water over which a sovereign state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone, and potent ...
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Latin legal terminology
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