hovering act

Int’l law. A statute applying to a coastal country’s criminal jurisdiction over ships, and persons aboard those ships, when the ships are outside the country’s territory.

hovering act. Int’l law. A statute applying to a coastal country’s criminal jurisdiction over ships, and persons aboard those ships, when the ships are outside the country’s territory. “The notion of hovering acts evolved long before that of a belt of uniform width in the form of territorial waters. Great Britain’s first anti-smuggling legislation to