Meadow

A tract which lies above the shore of a sea or stream,- and is overflowed by spring and extraordinary tides only, and yields grasses which are good for hay.3 A " sedge-flat " is not a meadow.^ The statutes which have long existed in many States, authorizing the majority of the owners of adjacent meadow or swamp lands to have commissioners appointed to drain and improve the whole tract, and to assess the expense upon all the proprietors in proportion to the benefits received, have often been upheld as reasonable regulations.'' See Aqua, Currit, etc.