mean high tide

mean high tide
The average height of all the high waters at a place over a considerable period of time. A line, to be determined by taking an average of the rise of the water above sea level for a period of 18.6 years, that fixes the boundary between tideland and upland. Borax Consolidated v Los Angeles, 296 US 10, 80 L Ed 9, 56 S Ct 23.

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  • mean high tide — The mean high tide or ordinary high tide is a mean of all the high tides, and the average to be used should be, if possible, the average of all the high tides over a period of 18.6 years. O Neill v. State Highway Dept., N.J., 50 N.J. 307, 235… …   Black's law dictionary

  • mean high tide — The mean high tide or ordinary high tide is a mean of all the high tides, and the average to be used should be, if possible, the average of all the high tides over a period of 18.6 years. O Neill v. State Highway Dept., N.J., 50 N.J. 307, 235… …   Black's law dictionary

  • high tide — The highest line to which the tide rises. The time of day at which the tide reaches such line. See mean high tide; neap tide; spring tide …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • mean high water — the average elevation of all high waters recorded at a particular station, usually over 19 years. Shorter terms may be used but are readjusted to eliminate variability and give a result equivalent to the 19 year value. All high water heights are… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Mean high water springs — The mean high water spring is the highest level to which spring tides reach on the average over a period of time (often 19 years). This level is generally close to being the high water mark where debris accumulates on the shore annually.External… …   Wikipedia

  • Mean high water spring — The mean high water spring is the highest level that spring tides reach on the average over a period of time (often 19 years). This level is generally close to being the high water mark where debris accumulates on the shore annually. External… …   Wikipedia

  • mean high water mark — The point on the shore which the average high tide will reach …   Black's law dictionary

  • mean high water mark — The point on the shore which the average high tide will reach …   Black's law dictionary

  • tide land — n. Land that is between the extremes of the normal high and low tides, and which is covered by high tide, but exposed at low tide. The limit of tideland is usually set at the arithmetic mean high tide. See also avulsion, reliction. Webster s New… …   Law dictionary

  • tide — The ebb and flow of the sea. As affecting determination of upland boundary of shore, tide is rising and falling of water of the sea that is produced by attraction of sun and moon, uninfluenced by special winds, seasons or other circumstances, and …   Black's law dictionary

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