Legal Definition and Related Resources of Channel
Meaning of Channel
The bed of a stream or river over which waters run, a passageway between banks through which flow waters of the stream or river. A generic term applicable to any watercourse whether a river, creek, slough or canal . See McKissick cattle Co. v Alsaga 182 P. 793, 41 Cal.App. 380. By analogy of the common -law-rule pertaining to nontidal stream boundaries, boundary between countries separated by navigable waters is the geographical center between the banks of those waters. Department of national resources v France, 344 A.2d 193, 28 Md.App. 110.
Channel Alternative Definition
The entire body of a stream from bank to bank, rather than the deep or navigable thread of it (55 Iowa, 558), the latter being more accurately the “main channel.”
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Concept of Channel in the context of Real Property
Alternatives definitions of Channel: (1) An open or closed duct or conduit. (2) A gutter, furrow, or groove. (3) The deepest part of a natural waterway through which the main current flows, and which affords the best passageway for ships.
Concept of Channel in the context of Real Property
Alternatives definitions of Channel: (1) An open or closed duct or conduit. (2) A gutter, furrow, or groove. (3) The deepest part of a natural waterway through which the main current flows, and which affords the best passageway for ships.
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