bay

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Definitions from Case Law

United States Supreme Court

a well-marked coastal indentation having such penetration, in proportion to the width of its entrance, as to contain landlocked waters, and having an area, including islands within the bay, at least as great as the area of semicircle whose diameter equals the length of the closing line across the entrance of the bay, or the sum of such closing lines if the bay has more than one entrance

Defined by the Supreme Court in - United States v. California, 382 U.S. 448.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

An inclosure, or other contrivance, to keep in the water for the supply of a mill, so that the water may be able to drive the wheels of such mill. St. 27 Eliz. c. 19. An inlet of the sea.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A mill-pond.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

An enclosure, or other contrivance, to keep in the water for the supply of a mill, so that the water may be able to drive the wheels of such mill. Stat 27 Eliz. c. 19. (This is generally called a forebay.) A bending or curving of the shore of the sea or of a lake, so as to form a more or less inclosed body of water. State v. Town of Gilmanton, 14 N. H. 477.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A pond-head made of a great height to keep in water for the supply of a mill, etc., so that the wheel of the mill may be turned by the water rushing thence, through a passage or flood-gate. St. 27 Eliz. c. 19. Also an arm of the sea surrounded by land except at the entrance. In admiralty law and marine insurance. A bending or curving of the shore of the sea or of a lake. Sinte v. Gilmanton, 14 N. H. 477. An opening into the land, where the water Is shut in on all sides except at the entrance. U. S. v. Morel, 13 Amer. Jur. 286, Fed. Cas. No. 15,807.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

<A pond-head made of a great height to keep in water for the supply of a mill, ete., so that the wheel of the mill may be turned by the water rushing thence, through a passage or flood-gate. St. 27 Eliz. ce. 19. Also an arm of the sea surrounded by land except at the entrance. ‘ In admiralty law and marineinsuranece. A bending or curving of the shore of the sea or ofalake. 14.N. 0.477. An opening into the land, where the water is shut in on all sides except at the entrance. 13 Amer. Jur. 286.