Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Littoral

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Bordering on the shore; pertaining to the shore.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Belonging to the shore, as of seas and great lakes. Webster. Corresponding to riparian proprietors on a stream or small pond are littoral proprietors on a sea or lake. But "riparian" is also used coextensively with "littoral." Commonwealth v. Alger, 7 Cash. (Mass.) 94. See Boston v. Lecraw, 17 How. 426, 15 L. Ed. 118.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Belonging to the shore; on the sea-shore. Littoral proprietor: a proprietor of land on the shore of the sea.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Belonging to the shore; as of seas and great lakes. Webster. Corresponding to riparian proprietors on a stream or sinall pond are littoral proprietors on a sea or lake. But “riparian” is also used co-extensively with “littoral.” 7 Cush. 94. Sea 17 How. 426.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Belonging to the shore; riparian.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Belonging to the shore; on the