Quay
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
The popular and commercial signification of the word quay involves the notion of a space of ground appropriated to the public use; such use as the convenience of commerce requires. Mayor, &c. of New Orleans a.
United States, 10 Pet. 662, 715.