international waterways

international waterways
Narrow channels of marginal sea or inland waters through which international shipping has a right of passage.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


international waterways
Narrow channels of marginal sea or inland waters through which international shipping has a right of passage.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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