inland waters

inland waters
Rivers, lakes, great ponds, and other bodies of water within, or partly within, the boundaries of the United States, which are not tidal waters. Chamberlain v Hemingway, 63 Conn 1, 27 A 239. "All the gulfs, all the inland seas, form only portions detached, but not entirely separated from that universal sea denominated the ocean." The Orient (CC La) 16 F 916, 920. As the expression "inland waters of the United States" was used in the act of Congress regulating prize proceedings and the distribution of prize money, it referred to all waters of the United States upon which a naval force could go, other than bays and harbors on the sea coast. In most instances, property of the enemy on them could be taken, if at all, by an armed force, without the aid of vessels of war. United States v Vessels of War (US) 16 Otto 607, 27 L Ed 286, 1 S Ct 539. See Great Lakes.

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