Public waters

Such as are adapted for the purposes of navigation, or those to which the general public have a right of access, as distinguished from artificial lakes, ponds, and other bodies of water privately owned, or similar natural bodies of water owned exclusively by one or more persons. See Lamprey v. Metcalf, 52 Minn. 181, 53 N. W. 1139, 18 L. It. A. 670, 38 Am. St. Rep. 541; Carter v. Thurston. 58 N. H. 104, 42 Am. Ren. 584 ; Cobb v. Davenport, 32 N. J. Law, 369; West Point Water-Power Co. v. State, 49 Neb. 223. 6s N. W. 507; State v. Theriault, 70 Vt. 617, 41 Atl. 1030, 43 L. R. A. 290, 67 Am. St. Rep. 648.

Defined under Water in Black's Law Dictionary.