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Navigable river
Navigable river, a navigable river is a public high-way navigable by all … Navigable river, a navigable river is a public high-way navigable by all His Majesty's subjects
Way
on Ease-ments;Glen on Highwys.; and see HIGHWAYS; TRUNK ROADS. Waterway.-A navigable river is deemed to be a highway; and if the water, … and highways, that the right to the soil of a navigable river is not, by presumption of law, in the owners of
Foreshore
and of every channel, creek, bay, estuary, and of every navigable river of the United Kingdom as far up the same as … shooting wildfowl on the foreshore or bed of a tidal navigable river, Fitzhardinge (Lord) v. Purcell, (1908) 2 Ch 139.
Sewer
repairs of the banks and walls of the sea-coast and navigable rivers; or, with consent of a certain proportion of the … of the banks and walls of the sea-coast and navigable rivers; or, with consent of a certain proportion of the owners
Navigable
and wide enough to afford passage to vessels as a navigable river
Magna Carta
only by the sea-coasts.' It is obvious that wears in navigable rivers would be obstructive of free communication. See WEARS. The … chapters relate to the making of bridges and defending of river-banks, a subject which now forms part of local law. The
Wear, or Weir
mill. Prohibited by Magna Charta and other early statutes in navigable rivers, Lord Leconfield v. Earl of Lonsdale, (1870) LR 5 … or Weir, a great dam or fence made across a river, or against water, formed of stakes interlaced by twigs of
maritime cause of action
A case arising on the sea, ocean, Great Lakes or navigable rivers, or from some act or contract concerning the commerce … case arising on the sea, ocean, Great Lakes or navigable rivers, or from some act or contract concerning the commerce and
Drawbridge
the gate of a town or castle or over a navigable river or canal
Constable
appointment of special constables for keeping peace on canals and navigable rivers, see also POLIE and METRO-POLITAN POLICE. The relation of … of special constables for keeping peace on canals and navigable rivers, see also POLIE and METRO-POLITAN POLICE. The relation of master
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