Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Nonnavigable
adj. 1. (Of a body of water) unaffected by the tide. 2. (Of a body of water) incapable of allowing vessels to pass for travel or commerce. 3. (Of any vessel) incapable of being steered.
Unnavigable
adj. See INNAVIGABLE.
innavigable
adj. 1. (Of a body of water) not capable of, or unsuitable for, navigation. 2. Marine insurance. (Of a vessel) unfit for service. - Also termed unnavigable.
navigable
adj. 1. Capable of allowing vessels or vehicles to pass, and thereby usable for travel or commerce <the channel was barely navigable because it was so narrow>.
navigable airspace
The area above the legally established minimum flight altitudes, including the area needed to ensure safe takeoffs and landings of aircraft. 49 USCA ยง 40102(a)(30).
navigable in fact
adj. Naturally usable for travel or commerce. ( A stream is navigable in fact if, in its natural and ordinary state, it can be used for travel or commerce. 2. Capable of being steered <navigable aircraft. See NAVIGABLE WATER.
navigable sea
Int'l law. The ocean waters divided into three zones of control among nations: (1) the inland waters, which are near a nation's shores and over which a nation has complete sovereignty; (2) territorial waters, which are measured from the seaward edge of the inland waters, over which a nation has extensive control but over which innocent parties must be allowed to travel to other nations; and (3) the high seas, which are international waters not subject to the domain of any single nation.
navigable water
See NAVIGABLE WATER.
navigable water of the United States
Navigable water that alone - or in combination with other waters - forms a continuous highway for commerce with other states or foreign countries.