Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
submerged lands — Lands, particularly privately owned lands, covered by waters. Lands, once lying above water, since submerged. Mulry v Norton, 100 NE 426, 3 NE 581. See lands beneath navigable waters … Ballentine's law dictionary
Submerged Lands Act — A federal statute dealing with rights, titles, and interests in lands beneath navigable waters within state boundaries and Outer Continental Shelf Lands. 43 USC §§ 1301 et seq … Ballentine's law dictionary
submerged lands — Land lying under water. Land lying oceanside of the tideland. People v. Hecker, 179 Cal.App.2d 823, 4 Cal.Rptr. 334, 341 … Black's law dictionary
lands beneath navigable waters — The beds of navigable rivers. For detailed statement made for the purposes of the Submerged Lands Act, see 43 USC § 1301 … Ballentine's law dictionary
submerged land — lands covered by water at any stage of the tide … Dictionary of ichthyology
overflowed lands — Lands which are covered by nonnavigable waters or are subject to such periodical or frequent overflows of water, salt or fresh (not including lands between high and low water marks of navigable streams or bodies of water, nor lands covered and… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Lost lands — are continents, islands or other regions believed by some to have existed during prehistory, but to have since disappeared as a result of catastrophic geological phenomena or slowly rising sea levels since the end of the last Ice Age. Lost lands … Wikipedia
J&J Hunt Submerged Archaeological Site — J J Hunt Site (8JE740) is an prehistoric archaeological site located 6 km off the coast of northwestern Florida. The site which was discovered in 1989 is located in 3.7 to 4.6 m of salt water in the Gulf of Mexico along the PaleoAucilla River. In … Wikipedia
French Southern and Antarctic Lands — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::French Southern and Antarctic Lands <p></p> Background: <p></p> In February 2007, the Iles Eparses became an integral part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands… … The World Factbook
Oregon Department of State Lands — The Department of State Lands (DSL), one of the oldest agencies of government of the U.S. state of Oregon, is principally responsible for the management of lands under state ownership, as its name implies. Unlike most other department level state … Wikipedia
