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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A liberty to have a boat upon a river for the transportation of men, horses, and carriages, with their contents, for a reasonable toll.
42 Me. 9; 3 Zab. (N. J.) 206; Woolr. Ways, 217.
The term is also used to designate the place where such liberty is exercised.
4 Mart. (La.; N. S.) 426; 30 Barb. (N. Y.) 311.