ferr

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ferr - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  FERRY. A place where persons and things are taken across a river or other 
  stream in boats or other vessels, for hire. 4 N. S. 426; S. C. 3 Harr. Lo. 
  R. 341. 
       2. In England a ferry is considered a franchise which cannot be set up 
  without the king's license. In most, perhaps all of the United States, 
  ferries are regulated by statute. 
       3. The termini of a ferry are at the water's edge. 15 Pick. R. 254 and 
  see 8 Greenl. R. 367; 4 John. Ch. R., 161; 2 Porter, R. 296; 7 Pick. R. 448; 
  2 Car. Law Repos. 69; 2 Dev. R. 403; 1 Murph. 279 1 Hayw. R. 457; Vin. Ab. 
  h.t.; Com. Dig. Piscary B: 6 B. & Cr. 703; 12 East, R. 333; 1 Bail. R. 469; 
  3 Watts, R. 219 1 Yeates, R. 167; 9 S. & R. 26.