navigable sea
navigable sea 适航海域 由三部分构成，即一个国家的内水、领海、公海。
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navigable sea
navigable sea. Int’l law. The ocean waters divided into three zones of control among nations: (1) the inland waters, which are near a nation’s shores and over which a nation has complete sovereignty; (2) territorial waters, which are measured from the seaward edge of the inland waters, over which a nation has extensive control but
arm of the sea
arm of the sea. The portion of a river or bay in which the tide ebbs and flows. • It may extend as far into the interior as the water of the river is propelled backward by the tide. [Cases: Navigable Waters 1(4).C.J.S. Navigable Waters § 4.]
sea
sea. 1. The ocean (on the sea). 2. A large landlocked part of the ocean; a large body of salt water smaller than a regular ocean (the Mediterranean Sea). 3. The ocean swell (a rough sea). 4. An extremely large or extended quantity (a sea of documents). free seas. See high seas. high seas. The
landlocked
landlocked, adj. 1. Surrounded by land, with no way to get in or out except by crossing the land of another (because the tract was landlocked, the buyer claimed an easement of necessity across the seller’s property). 2. (Of a country) surrounded by other nations, with no access to major navigable waterways (the landlocked nation
movable freehold
The land a seashore owner acquires or loses as water recedes or approaches. [Cases: Navigable Waters 44. C.J.S. Navigable Waters § 94.]
maritime contract
A contract that is recognized in admiralty jurisdiction. • In general, a maritime contract relates to a vessel in its use as such, to navigation on navigable waters, to transportation by sea, or to maritime em-ployment. — Also termed marine contract.
longshore and harbor workers’ compensation act
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. A federal law designed to provide workers’-compensation benefits to persons, other than seamen, who work in maritime occupations, esp. stevedoring and ship service. 33 USCA §§ 901–950. — Abbr. LHWCA. [Cases: Workers’ Compensation 93, 260, 2085. C.J.S. Workmen’s Compensation §§ 96, 98–99, 170, 1593–1596.] “Employees who are engaged in
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freehold
freehold, n. 1. An estate in land held in fee simple, in fee tail, or for term of life; any real-property interest that is or may become possessory. • At common law, these estates were all created by enfeoffment with livery of seisin. [Cases: Estates in Property 4–7, 12. C.J.S. Estates §§ 10–14, 20–27.] 2.
coast guard jurisdiction
Coast Guard jurisdiction. The law-enforcement authority of the United States Coast Guard over the high seas and navigable waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, including the powers of stopping, searching, and seizing property, and arresting persons. See UNITED STATES COAST GUARD.
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