River
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
In general, if in a body of water there is a steady and uniform current, it will be a river. But this definition must be taken in connection with the particular body of water to which it relates, and is not applicable to a lake in which there may be a uniform current from its head to its outlet.
State v. Gilmanton, 14 N. H. 467.