Obstruction definition

Obstruction means any circumstance relating to the whole or any part of the Infrastructure, including Rollingstock, debris or other objects on the Infrastructure, which has the potential to cause a disruption to or cancellation of Train Services or Train Movements, and includes any Network Incident but does not include an Operational Constraint imposed by Aurizon Network.
Obstruction. (stream) means any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel rectification, bridge conduit, culvert, building wire, fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, structure or matter in, along, across or projecting into any channel, watercourse, or regulatory flood hazard area which may impede, retard, or change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by such water, or that is placed where the flow of water might carry the same downstream to the damage of life or property.
Obstruction means any fill, structure, work, appurtenant work, or system placed in waters, a floodway, or a work of the district which may impede the flow of water or otherwise result in increased water surface elevations.

Examples of Obstruction in a sentence

  • Obstruction of the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic on college premises or at college-sponsored or supervised functions.

  • Obstruction or disruption of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary proceedings or other college activities, including its public service functions on campus, in clinical settings or other authorized non-college activities.

  • Obstruction of teaching, research, administration, disciplinary proceedings or other college activities, including its public service functions on campus, in clinical settings or other authorized non-college activities, when the conduct occurs on college premises a faculty member may remove a student from a class meeting for disciplinary reasons.

  • Obstruction of the free flow of vehicle, pedestrian or other traffic on University premises.

  • Obstruction of legal process (obstruction) can be a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, or felony offense, where an individual intentionally obstructs, resists, or interferes with a police officer while the officer is engaged in the performance of official duties.


More Definitions of Obstruction

Obstruction means anything of whatever nature that impedes the flow of wastewater from the point of origination to the trunk line and anywhere else within the POTW. This includes, but is not limited to, objects, sewage, garbage, FOG, tree roots, rocks and debris of any type.
Obstruction means any vessel or watercraft or any matter which may in any way blockade, interfere with or endanger any vessel or watercraft or impede navigation, or which cannot comply with the "Pilot Rules for Certain Inland Waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and of the Coast of the Gulf of Mexico" (C.F. 236479).
Obstruction means (i) any structure, fill, or object
Obstruction means any vessel or any matter or debris which may in any way blockade, interfere with or endanger any vessel or impede navigation, or which cannot comply with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (72 COLREGS).
Obstruction means any of the following:
Obstruction means acts intended to materially impede access to required information in exercising a duty under this Act;
Obstruction means sandbars formed by the natural flow of a stream, temporary structures, planks, snags, and debris in and along the existing channel which cause a flood hazard.