Public Passage
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A right to pass over a body of water. This term is synonymous with "public highway," with this difference: by the latter is understood a right to pass over the land of another; by the former is meant the right of going over the water, which is on another's land. Carth. 193; Hammond, N. P. 195.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A right to pass over a body of water. This term is synonymous with public highway, with this difference: by the latter is understood a right to pass over the land of another; by the former is meant the right of going over the water which is on another’s land. Carth. 193; Hamm. N. P. 195. See Passage.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A right, subsisting in the public, to pass over a body of water, whether the land under it be public or owned by a private person.
Defined under Public in Black's Law Dictionary.