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Railway

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

mare liberum

A navigable body of water to which all nations have equal access … A navigable body of water to which all nations have equal access the opposite of

Canal boats

the purposes of this Act; canal' includes any river, inland navigation or lake or any other waters wholly or in part

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F.O.W

after the ice breaks up sufficiently to allow of safe navigation. … F.O.W., these letters used in a charter-party mean 'first open water,' that is, immediately after the ice breaks up sufficiently to

Industrial establishment

roads, bridges or canals, or relating to operations connected with navigation, irrigation or the supply of water, or relating to the … to operations connected with navigation, irrigation or the supply of water, or relating to the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity

Industrial or other establishment

roads, bridges or canals, or relating to operations connected with navigation, irrigation or the supply of water or relating to the … to operations connected with navigation, irrigation or the supply of water or relating to the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity

Inland mechanically propelled vessel

ordinarily plies on any inland water. [National Waterway, Safety of Navigation and Shipping Regulations, 2002, Reg. 2(h)] … a mechanically propelled vessel which ordinarily plies on any inland water. [National Waterway, Safety of Navigation and Shipping Regulations, 2002, Reg.

Water and watercourse

the other, in which latter case (unless the stream be navigable, for then the bed of it, so far at least … property therein. Consult Coulson and Forbes on the Law of Waters, Gale on Easements, and Angell on Watercourse. 'Water' does not

Foreshore

and of every channel, creek, bay, estuary, and of every navigable river of the United Kingdom as far up the same … BATHING (SEA). Consult Coulson and Forbes on the Law of Waters. For the powers of local authorities to make bye-laws for

Ship

type of vessel used or intended to be used in navigation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1382. In the Merchant … born on board a British ship, whether in foreign territorial waters or not, is a natural-born British subject (4 & 5

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