navigable waters — nav·i·ga·ble wa·ters / na vi gə bəl / n pl: waters that are capable of being navigated (as for commerce) and to which federal admiralty jurisdiction and specific environmental regulations apply it is the national goal that the discharge of… … Law dictionary
navigable waters — Rivers or other bodies of water used, or susceptible of being used in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on water. Elder v Delcour,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
navigable waters of the United States — Those waters which are subject to the control of the Federal government for the regulation of commerce, and to which the Federal judicial power extends for the purpose of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The high seas and such lakes and… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Navigable servitude — is a United States constitutional doctrine that gives the federal government the right to regulate navigable waterways as an extension of the Commerce Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the constitution. It is also sometimes called federal… … Wikipedia
lands beneath navigable waters — The beds of navigable rivers. For detailed statement made for the purposes of the Submerged Lands Act, see 43 USC § 1301 … Ballentine's law dictionary
navigable — See navigable waters @ navigable in fact Streams or lakes are navigable in fact when they are used or are susceptible of being used in their natural and ordinary condition as highways for commerce over which trade and travel are or may be… … Black's law dictionary
navigable — See navigable waters @ navigable in fact Streams or lakes are navigable in fact when they are used or are susceptible of being used in their natural and ordinary condition as highways for commerce over which trade and travel are or may be… … Black's law dictionary
navigable river — See navigable waters … Ballentine's law dictionary
navigable — index open (accessible), passable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 navigable … Law dictionary
public waters — Navigable waters … Ballentine's law dictionary
