Ferry

A liberty to have a boat upon a river for the transportation of men, horses, and carriages with their contents, for a reasonable toll. The term is also used to designate the place where such liberty is exercised. See 42 Me, 9; 4 Mart. (N. S.) 426. “Ferry” properly means a place of transit acrosa a river or arm of the sea; but in law it is treated as a franchise, and defined as the exclusive right to carry passengers across a river, or arm of the sea, from one vill to another, or to connect a continuous line of road leading from one township or villto another. It is not aservitude or easement. It is wholly unconnected with the ownership or occupation of Jand, so much so that the owner of the ferry need not have any property in the soil adjacent on either side. (12 C. B., N. &., 32) Brown.