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inland waters

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Definitions from Case Law

United States Supreme Court

waters landward of the baseline of the territorial sea, which are now recognized as internal waters of the United States under the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone.

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

United States Code

33 U.S.C. § 2003 — in this section

“Inland Waters” means the navigable waters of the United States shoreward of the navigational demarcation lines dividing the high seas from harbors, rivers, and other inland waters of the United States and the waters of the Great Lakes on the United States side of the International Boundary;

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

All waters of the United States upon which a naval force can go, other than bays and harbors on the sea coast. See 106 U. S. 607, 27 L. Ed. 286, 1 Sup. Ct. Rep. 539.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

See Inland.

Defined under Water in Black's Law Dictionary.