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Under Way

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A vessel, though her headway is killed, is considered under way and subject to the navigation rules; The Nimrod, 173 Fed. 520. A vessel lying with her nose against the bank of a stream and holding her position against the current by the movement of her wheel is a vessel under way, and not entitled to the rights of an anchored vessel; The Ruth, 186 Fed. 87, 108 C. C. A. 199.