low-watermark

low-watermark
The lowest line made by the receding tide, not the lowest line which a stream of fresh water emptying into the sea, or a cove, or tidal river makes with the land. 12 Am J2d Bound § 13. See ordinary low-watermark.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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