Navigation Act — Eng. Hist. any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain. * * * … Universalium
Navigation Act — An English statute enacted in the reign of Charles the Second, which prohibited other countries from trading with the colonies of England … Ballentine's law dictionary
Navigation Act — Eng. Hist. any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain … Useful english dictionary
Navigation Acts — The English Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England (after 1707 Great Britain) and its colonies, a process which had started in 1651. Their goal was to force colonial development … Wikipedia
Navigation Acts — English laws in the 17th–18th centuries that required the use of English or colonial ships to carry English trade. The laws were designed to encourage English shipbuilding and restrict trade competition from England s commercial rivals,… … Universalium
Navigation — Nav i*ga tion, n. [L. navigatio: cf. F. navigation.] 1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable. [1913 Webster] 2. (a) The science or art of conducting ships or vessels from one… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
navigation — UK US /ˌnævɪˈgeɪʃən/ noun [U] ► TRANSPORT the act or science of finding a way from one place to another: »a navigation aid/device »The worldwide market for satellite navigation systems is worth billions of dollars. ► IT, INTERNET the act of… … Financial and business terms
navigation — (n.) 1530s, from M.Fr. navigation (14c.) or directly from L. navigationem (nom. navigatio) a sailing, navigation, voyage, noun of action from pp. stem of navigare to sail, sail over, go by sea, steer a ship, from navis ship (see NAVAL (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
navigation — [nav΄ə gā′shən] n. [L navigatio] 1. the act or practice of navigating 2. the science of locating the position and plotting the course of ships and aircraft 3. traffic by ship navigational adj. navigationally adv … English World dictionary
Act — (engl., spr. äckt), in England und Nordamerika Beschluß einer Behörde oder einer ständischen Körperschaft, z. B. A. of Parliament oder A. of Congress, ein vom Parlament oder vom Kongreß gefaßt er Beschluß. Dahin gehört z. B. die berühmte… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
