NAVIGATION

The act or the science or tbe busine of traversing the sea or other waters in ships or ve els. Pollock v. Cleveland Ship Building Co., 56 Ohio St. 655, 47 N. El 582; The Silvia1171 U. S. 462, 19 Sup. et. 7, 43 L. Ed. 241; Laurie v. Dougla , 15 · Mees. & W. 746. -Navigation acts, in English law, were various enactments pa ed for the protection of British shipping and commerce as against foreign countries. For a sketch of their history and operation, see 3 Steph. Comm. They are now repealed. See 16 & 17 Viet. c. 107, and 17 & 18 Viet. cc. 5, 120. Wharton.-Navigation, rules of. Rules and regulations adopt• ed by commercial nations to govern the steering and ·management of ve els approaching each other at sea so. as to avoid the danger of collision or fouling.-Regular navigation. In this phrase, the word "regular" may be used in contradistinction to "occasional," rather than to "unlawful," and refer to ve els that, alone or with others, constitute lines, and not merely to such as are regular in the sense of being properly documented under the laws of the country to which they belong. The Steamer Smidt, 16 Op. Attys. Gen. 276. [s. 812]