common highway

common highway
A public highway on land or navigable water. As used in Art 9 § 1, of the Constitution that navigable waters "shall be common highways and forever free" the term does not refer to physical obstructions of the waters, but refers to political regulations which would hamper the freedom of commerce. Re Southern Wisconsin Power Co. 140 Wis 245, 122 NW 801.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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