Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Navigation
1. The act of sailing vessels on water. 2. The process and business of directing the course of a vessel from one place to another. See RULES OF NAVIGATION.
danger of navigation
See PERIL OF THE SEA.
navigation easement
1. An easement giving the federal government the right to regulate navigable waters, even when the regulation interferes with private water rights. 2. See avigational easement.
navigation servitude
1. An easement allowing the federal government to regulate commerce on navigable water without having to pay compensation for interference with private ownership rights. See NAVIGABLE WATER. "The navigation servitude, because of its link to navigable waters and the protection of navigation, is often confused with the public trust doctrine. The navigation servitude, however, is a paramount federal servitude on navigable waters based on the commerce power rather than on ownership or trust responsibilities." Donna R. Christie, Coastal and Ocean Management Law in a Nutshell 34 (1994). 2. An easement, based on the state police power or public trust doctrine, that allows a state to regulate commerce on navigable water and provide limited compensation for interference with private ownership rights. 0 The state servitude is inferior to the federal servitude.
rules of navigation
The principles and regulations that govern the steering and sailing of vessels to avoid collisions. ( Examples include the new International Rules governing conduct on the high seas and the Inland Rules governing navigation on the inland waters of the United States and U.S. vessels on the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes. 33 USCA ยงยง 1602-1608, 2001(a).