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Sasse

or lock as in a river to make it more navigable

Railway

which are used on any canal, river, lake or other navigable inland waters for the purposes of the traffic of a

Seamen

Seamen, persons engaged in navigating ships, barges, etc., upon the high seas. Those employed for … upon the high seas. Those employed for this purpose upon rivers, lakes, or canals are denominated watermen. The (English) Merchant Shipping

Ship

type of vessel used or intended to be used in navigation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1382. In the Merchant … Isle of Man, and the continent of Europe, between the river Elbe and Brest inclusive'; and 'Home-trade ship' includes 'every ship

Pilot

liable for damage caused by the ship or fault in navigation, in districts where the employment of a pilot is compulsory, … place for the purpose of conducting a ship through a river, road, or channel, or from or into a port, defined

Fishery

8 QB 1000; 13 ib. 426; Marshall v. Ulleswater Steam navigation Co., (1863) 3 B&S 732; Chesterfield (Earl) v. Harris, (1908) … fishery is the exclusive right of fishing in a public river, and is a royal franchise, Common of fishery, or common

Water and watercourse

the other, in which latter case (unless the stream be navigable, for then the bed of it, so far at least … man has to the benefit of the flow of a river or stream, such right commonly referring to a stream passing

Wharf

(10 Geo. 5, c. clxxiii.). A structure on shore of navigable waters, to which a vessel can be brought for loading … masonry or timber erected on the shore of a harbour, river, or the like, alongside which vessels may lie to load

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