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Containing or abounding in creeks characterized by creeks like a creek winding...
Thames
Thames. See (English) Thames Conservancy Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. clxxxvii.); defined in s. 3 as meaning and including:-So much of the rivers Thames and Isis respectively as are between the town of Cricklade and an imaginary straight line drawn from the entrance to Gantlet creek in the county of Kent to the City stone opposite to Canve Island in the county of Essex and so much of the river Kennet as is between the Common landing-place at Reading in the county of Berks and the river Thames and so much of the river Lee and Bow creek respectively as are below the south boundary stones in the Lee Conservancy Act, 1868, mentioned and all locks, cuts, and works within the said portions of rivers and creeks:Provided that no dock, lock, canal, or cut, existing at the passing of this Act and constructed under the authority of Parliament and belonging to any body corporate established under such authority, and no bridge over the river Thames or the river Kennet belonging to or vested in any c...
Wharf
Wharf, a broad plain place, near some creek or haven, to lay goods and wares on that are brought to or from the water. See Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 27), s. 68, and Port of London (Consolidation) Act, 1920 (10 Geo. 5, c. clxxiii.).A structure on shore of navigable waters, to which a vessel can be brought for loading or unloading, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1589.There are two kinds-1st, legal, which are certain wharves in all seaports, appointed by commission from the Court of Exchequer, or legalized by Act of Parliament; 2nd, sufferance, which are places where certain goods may be landed and shipped, by special sufferance granted by the Crown for that purpose, 2 Steph. Com. See as to both kinds, Customs (Consolidation) Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 36). As to larcenies from a wharf, see Larceny Act, 1916, s. 15. As to implied liability or warranty for fitness of wharf for a ship unloading, see The Moorcock, (1889) 14 PD 64.Wharf, as a landin...
Brook
A natural stream of water smaller than a river or creek...
Colorado
Reddish often used in proper names of rivers or creeks...
Creek
A small inlet or bay narrower and extending further into the land than a cove a recess in the shore of the sea or of a river...
Creeks
A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians including the Muskogees Seminoles Uchees and other subordinate tribes They formerly inhabited Georgia Florida and Alabama...
Muskogees
A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerly occupied the region of Georgia Florida and Alabama They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy...
Natchez
A tribe of Indians who formerly lived near the site of the city of Natchez Mississippi In 1729 they were subdued by the French the survivors joined the Creek Confederacy...
Seminoles
A tribe of Indians who formerly occupied Florida where some of them still remain They belonged to the Creek Confideration...
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