Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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high-water mark
1. The shoreline of a sea reached by the water at high tide. ( The high-water mark is usu. computed as a mean or average high tide and not as the extreme height of the water. 2. In a freshwater lake created by a dam in an unnavigable stream, the highest point on the shore to which the dam can raise the water in ordinary circumstances. 3. In a river not subject to tides, the line that the river impresses on the soil by covering it long enough to deprive it of agricultural value. - Also termed high-water line.
high-water mark.
See WATER MARK.