Koyarwar amincewar jama'a ita ce ƙa'idar da mai mulki ya amince da shi don amfanin jama'a wasu albarkatu kamar bakin teku tsakanin manyan layukan kogin ruwa, ba tare da la'akari da mallakar kadarori masu zaman kansu ba. Dokokin da na Sarkin Rumawa Justinian sun gudanar da cewa teku, gaɓar teku, iska da ruwan sha na kowa da kowa. Tekun teku, wanda daga baya aka bayyana a matsayin ruwan da ƙududdufai ya shafa ba za a iya keɓance shi don amfanin ba kuma yana buɗe ne ga kowa. Wannan ƙa'ida ta zama doka a Ingila kuma. Bayan shuɗewar zamanunnuka, Magna Carta ya ƙara ƙarfafa haƙƙin jama'a. A bisa nacewar manyan turawan Ingila, an cire kamun kifi bisa cewa suna hana zirga-zirgar ababen hawa a cikin koguna . Waɗannan haƙƙoƙi sun ƙara ƙarfi ta hanyar zama dokoki daga baya a Ingila sannan kuma sun zama wani ɓangare na dokar gama gari ta Amurka. Kotun Koli ta fara karɓar koyarwar amincewa da jama'a a cikin Martin v. Waddell's Lessee a cikin 1842, yana tabbatar da shi shekaru da yawa daga baya a cikin Illinois Central Railroad v.