Canal

Legal Definition and Related Resources of Canal

Meaning of Canal

An artificial trench or ditch for the purpose of allowing water to flow through the same for transportation purposes. A natural channel that has been deepened artificially is not a canal, for a canal can only exist where the ingenuity of men, rather than nature, is paramount in the making of the watercourse . Columbus, Newark & Zanesville Electric R. Co. v Nelson, 14 Ohio Cir. Ct., N.S. 129. The admiralty jurisdiction for the United States does not extend to canals. See Warn v Easton & McMahon transit Co., 2 N. Y.S. 620.

Canal Alternative Definition

An artificial cut or trench In the earth, for conducting and confining water to be used for transportation.

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Canal in Historical Law

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Channel, Citizen, Embankment, Release.

What does Canal mean in American Law?

The definition of Canal in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

A wholly or partly artificial waterway. Its artificiality will not by itself prevent a canal from constituting or being part of navigable waters.

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Concept of Canal in the context of Real Property

Alternatives definitions of Canal: (1) A man made waterway used to connect bodies of water for navigation. (2) An irrigation waterway.

Concept of Canal in the context of Real Property

Alternatives definitions of Canal: (1) A man made waterway used to connect bodies of water for navigation. (2) An irrigation waterway.


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