Embankment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Embankment
Matched in: Term Embankment
Embank
To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend to protect by a bank of earth or stone
Thames
SANITARY AUTHO-RITY; LONDON, PORT OF; and Land Drainage Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 44). Thames Embankment, from Westiminster Bridge to Blackfriars Bridge (25 & 26 Vict. c. 93; 26 & 27 Vict. cc. 45,
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Imbankment
The act of surrounding with a bank a bank or mound raised for defense a roadway etc an embankment See Embankment
Approach
tunnel, means the highway giving access to it, that is the surface of the highway together with any embankment, retaining wall or other work or substance supporting or protecting surface, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 21, 4th
Powdikes
Powdikes, an ancient dyke or embankment to keep out the fen waters. Destroying them in the fens of Norfolk and Ely is felony by
Dam
Dam [fr. dam, Dan.; dammer, Icel.], a boundary or confinement; a mole an embankment to restain water.
Bridge
its maintenance, the surface of the highway carried by or giving access to the bridge and to any embankment, retaining wall or other work or substance supporting or protecting the surface of that highway, Halsbury's Laws of
Sea wall
A wall or embankment to resist encroachments of the sea
Revetment
A facing of wood stone or any other material to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope also a retaining wall
- ‹ Prev
- 2
- 3
- Next ›
- Last »
Try the research workspace - 7 days free