ferry

ferry
Verb: To transport persons and their belongings across a river or other body of water. 35 Am J2d Ferr § 1. Noun: A place where persons are taken across a river or other body of water in boats or other vessels for hire. A boat, barge, or raft, which, plying back and forth across a stream or other body of water for the conveyance of passengers and their belongings, thereby serves as a connection of the highways located on the opposite banks or shores. 35 Am J2d Ferr § 1. A merchant vessel. Re Ellingson (DC Cal) 300 F 225. The right or franchise granted by the state or an authorized political subdivision to continue, by means of watercraft, an interrupted land highway over interrupting waters and to charge a fee for the use thereof by the public. See 35 Am J2d Ferr § 2.

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