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The Constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 8, vests in congress the power to make all laws, which shall be necessary and proper, for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the United States, in any department or officer thereof. 2. This power bas ever been viewed with perhaps unfounded jealousy … [Read more...] about NECESSARY AND PROPER

French mar. law. When, by the violent agitation of the waves, the impetuosity of the winds, the storm, or the lightning, a vessel is swallowed up, or so shattered that there remain only the pieces, the accident is called naufrage. 2. It differs from echouement, which is, when the vessel, remains whole, but is grounded; or from bris, which is, when it strikes against a rock or a … [Read more...] about NAUFRAGE

Capable of being navigated; that may be navigated or passed over in ships or vessels. But the term is generally understood in a more restricted sense, viz., subject to the ebb and flow of the tide. "The doctrine of the common law as to the navigability of waters has no application in this country. Here the ebb and flow of the tide do not constitute the usual test, as in … [Read more...] about NAVIGABLE

Lat. Shipwreck. … [Read more...] about NAUFRAGIUM

Those waters which afford a channel for useful commerce, waters which can be navigated by a ship or a boat. … [Read more...] about NAVIGABLE WATERS