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Originally Posted by Skip
TITLE L
WATER MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION
CHAPTER 483-C
PUBLIC USE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE COASTAL SHORELANDS
Section 483-C:1
483-C:1 Public Use of Coastal Shorelands... –
I. It is the purpose of the general court in this section to recognize and confirm the historical practice and common law right of the public to enjoy the greatest portion of New Hampshire coastal shoreland, in accordance with the public trust doctrine subject to those littoral rights recognized at common law.
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Originally Posted by madrasahs
*** "Littoral" (Webster) pertains to seas, oceans, and lakes (!) So has "the common law" rights of citizens been completely addressed for inland lakes? It's not in the above RSA.
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madrasahs -
Are you sure you are correct about this? Chapter 483-C specifically references "Coastal Shorelands". My dictionary (
Webster's - 1969 edition) does not contain the word "coastal", but it defines "coast" as "land alongside the sea; seashore", and it defines "coastal plain" as "level land extending along a coast". Why do you believe that 483-C applies to inland lakes?