Island
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A body of land surrounded by water. The title to islands in navigable waters is in the state (53 Am. Rep. 215); but an island in private waters belongs to the owners of the nearest mainland, unless otherwise appropriated (9 Cush. [Mass.] 548).