high water mar

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high water mar - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  HIGH WATER MARK. That part of the shore of the sea to which the waves 
  ordinarily reach when he tide is at its highest. 6 Mass. R. 435; 1 Pick. R. 
  180; 1 Halst. R. 1; 1 Russ. on Cr. 107; 2 East, P. C. 803. Vide Sea shore; 
  Tide.