riparian right. (often pl.) The right of a landowner whose property borders on a body of water or watercourse. • Such a landowner traditionally has the right to make reasonable use of the water. — Also termed water right. [Cases: Navigable Waters 39–46; Waters and Water Courses 34–47. C.J.S. Navigable Waters §§ 82–102, 111, 126–131, […]
riparian-rights doctrine. The rule that owners of land bordering on a waterway have equal rights to use the water passing through or by their property. Cf. PRIOR-APPROPRIATION DOCTRINE. [Cases: Navigable Waters 39; Waters and Water Courses 40. C.J.S. Navigable Waters § 82; Waters§ 12.]
riparian rights doctrine Read More »
riparian right (常用复)河岸权 指水流沿岸土地所有权人享有的权利，即按惯例，该土地所有权人有权合理使用水流，如用之于打猎、灌溉、航行等。也称为用水权〔water right〕。
riparian-rights doctrine 河岸土地所有权规则 根据该规则，河流两岸土地所有权人对穿过或沿着其土地流动的水体享有平等的使用权。
riparian-rights doctrine Read More »
water right. (often pl.) The right to use water from a natural stream or from an artificial canal for irrigation, power, domestic use, and the like; RIPARIAN RIGHT. — Also termed aquatic right. [Cases: Navigable Waters 39; Waters and Water Courses 40–47, 141, 168. C.J.S. Navigable Waters § 82; Waters§§ 12–14, 20, 297–304, 370–375, 760–761,
supra riparian (soo-pr[schwa] ri-pair-ee-[schwa]n or rI-). Upper riparian; higher up the stream. • This phrase describes the estate, rights, and duties of a riparian owner whose land is situated nearer the source of a stream than the land it is compared to.
riparian land 河岸地 指临近水体的地带，或者是该地带中有水流的一部分，或者是该地带以水流为界。由于河岸地的特殊地理位置，河岸地所有人有权享用因利用水流带来的利益。(=riparian right)
A man-made watercourse, usu. to be used only temporarily. • If the watercourse is of a permanent character and has been maintained for a sufficient length of time, it may be considered a natural watercourse to which riparian rights can attach. [Cases: Waters and Water Courses 168. C.J.S. Waters §§ 297–304.]
artificial watercourse Read More »
A watercourse with its origin in the forces of nature. • A natural watercourse does not include surface water, which often flows intermittently and in an indefinite channel. In addition, a natural stream is distinguished from an artificial ditch or canal, which is typically not the subject of riparian rights. See RIPARIAN RIGHT; WATER. [Cases:
natural watercourse Read More »
free ice. Hist. Ice in navigable streams that does not belong to the adjacent riparian owner or to another with the right to appropriate it, but that belongs to the person who first appropriates it.