Quay
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QUAY, estates. A wharf at which to load or land goods, sometimes spelled
key.
2. In its enlarged sense the word quay, means the whole space between
the first row of houses of a city, and the sea or river 5 L. R. 152, 215. So
much of the quay as is requisite for the public use of loading and unloading
vessels, is public property, and cannot be appropriated to private use, but
the rest may be, private property. Id. 201.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.