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STRAIGHT BASE-LINE METHOD [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1999-10-07
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Law of the Sea
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- method of straight baselines
1, record 1, English, method%20of%20straight%20baselines
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- system of straight baselines 2, record 1, English, system%20of%20straight%20baselines
correct
- headland theory 3, record 1, English, headland%20theory
correct
- headland to headland principle 4, record 1, English, headland%20to%20headland%20principle
correct
- straight base-line method 5, record 1, English, straight%20base%2Dline%20method
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... In certain geographical circumstances it is permissible to draw straight lines across the sea on a map, form headland to headland, or from island to island, and to measure the territorial sea from those straight lines. Art. 4 of the Geneva Convention [on the territorial sea] provides: "1. In localities where the coastline is deeply indented and cut into, or if there is a fringe of islands along the coast in its immediate vicinity, the method of straight baselines joining appropriate points may be employed in drawing the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured. 1, record 1, English, - method%20of%20straight%20baselines
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Formerly, the English Kings claimed jurisdiction over the sea areas between lines drawn from headland to headland round the British coasts. ... This method of drawing a line connecting headland's on a coast and claiming the waters on the landward side of that line as territorial waters is very often referred to as hadland theory. 4, record 1, English, - method%20of%20straight%20baselines
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 CONT
... The canadian Government ... on July 23, 1964, passed legislation establishing a twelve-mile fishery zone to be applied in conjunction with a straight base line known as "the headland to headland principle". 4, record 1, English, - method%20of%20straight%20baselines
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Droit de la mer
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- méthode des lignes de base droites
1, record 1, French, m%C3%A9thode%20des%20lignes%20de%20base%20droites
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- méthode de tracé polygonal 2, record 1, French, m%C3%A9thode%20de%20trac%C3%A9%20polygonal
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Méthode qui, pour appliquer la règle de la laisse de basse mer [...] à la délimitation de la mer territoriale, choisit comme lignes de base, des lignes droites tirées d'un point de la côte à un autre et d'île en île de sorte que la limite extérieure de la mer territoriale est déterminée par des lignes droites parallèles aux premières et distantes de celles-ci de la largeur de la mer territoriale. 1, record 1, French, - m%C3%A9thode%20des%20lignes%20de%20base%20droites
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Dénomination adoptée par Gidel, t. III, p. 505 pour désigner la méthode des lignes de base droites pour appliquer la règle de la laisse de basse mer en vue de la délimitation de la mer territoriale. 1, record 1, French, - m%C3%A9thode%20des%20lignes%20de%20base%20droites
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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