Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
channel
1. The bed of a stream of water; the groove through which a stream flows < digging a deeper channel was thought to help protect the river from flooding>.
main channel
The bed over which the principal volume of water flows; the deepest and most navigable part of a channel. natural channel. The naturally formed bed and banks of a stream .natural flood channel. A channel through which floodwaters naturally accumulate and flow downstream.2. The line of deep water that vessels follow <a shipping channel>. 3. A water route between two islands or an island and a continent <the English Channel>. 4. A mode of transmitting something <the news channel>.
main channel.English Channel>. 4. A mode of transmitting something <the news channel>.
The bed over which the principal volume of water flows; the deepest and most navigable part of a channel. natural channel. The naturally formed bed and banks of a stream .natural flood channel. A channel through which floodwaters naturally accumulate and flow downstream.2. The line of deep water that vessels follow <a shipping channel>. 3. A water route between two islands or an island and a continent <the
mid-channel
See MIDDLE LINE OF MAIN CHANNEL.
middle line of main channel
The equidistant point in the main channel of the river between the well-defined banks on either shore; the middle thread of a river's current. - Also termed mid-channel; middle of the river.
narrow-channel rule
The navigational requirement that a vessel traveling down a slim fairway must keep as near to the fairway wall on the vessel's starboard side as is safe and practicable. 33 USCA ยง 2009(a)(i).
natural channel
See CHANNEL.
natural flood channel.
See CHANNEL.