Pond
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A body of stagnant water; a pool. See Call. Sew. 103., Any one has a right to erect a fish-pond; Ow. 20. Where land bounding on a lake or pond is conveyed, the grant extends only to the water’s edge if it is a natural pond (some cases hold to low- water mark; Waterman v. Johnson, 13 Pick. [Mass.] 261); but to the middle of the stream if it is artificial; Ang. Wat. Cours. § 41.
See 3 Washb. R. P. 5th ed. *633.
By the common law, fresh water lakes and ponds, except the great navigable lakes, belong to the owners of the soil adjacent, who own the soil usque ad filum aquw; Hardin v. Jordan, IK) U. S. 371, 11 Sup. Ct. 808, S3S, 35 L. Ed. 428.
See Attorney General v. Pond Aqueduct, 133 Mass. 364.
See Lake. That the public authorities have no statutory right to lease ponds which are in private ownership will not prevent a lease by them from forming the basis of a prescriptive title in the public; Attorney General v. Ellis, 108 Mass. 91, 84 N. E. 430, 15 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1120.