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riparian rights

noun/raɪˈpɛəriən raɪts/

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The rights of an owner of land abutting a watercourse to use the water and to the flow passing the land.

As a riparian owner, the mill enjoyed the right to the natural flow of the stream undiminished in quantity.

Topic: Conveyancing & land in Legal English

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