navigability
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code
Definitions from Case Law
From 295 U.S. 1 - United States v. Oregon · 1935Most cited · 489 citing opinions
These conditions preclude the use for navigation of the area in question, in its natural and ordinary condition, according to the customary modes of trade or travel over water, and establish an absence of that capacity for general and common usefulness for purposes of trade and commerce which is essential to navigability.
United States Code
43 U.S.C. § 1631 — for the purposes of this section (3 versions over time)
For the purposes of this section, the terms "navigable" and "navigability" means navigable for the purpose of determining title to lands beneath navigable waters, as between the United States and the several States pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq., 1311 et seq.] and section 6(m) of the Alaska Statehood Act.