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.