NAVIGABLE WATERS


Meaning of NAVIGABLE WATERS in English

noun plural

law : waters which form in their ordinary condition by themselves or by uniting with other waters a continuous highway over which commerce in the customary mode in which it is conducted by water is or may be carried on with other states or foreign countries, their status as such waters being established by evidence of actual commercial or private use or of the feasibility of removing the obstructions to their use for such interstate or foreign commerce

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