riparian right

Riparian rights were the most prevalent type of water right.

All have denied any knowledge in this matter of riparian rights.

Such payments will have to be made before we can begin to buy out the companies that hold riparian rights.

The doctrine of riparian rights is an old one, having its origins in English common law.

A number of rights may be listed as riparian rights.

Do riparian rights have any influence on upstream water withdrawals?

Riparian rights cannot be sold or transferred for use on nonriparian land.

The majority's argument led to a tautology in which no riparian rights existed.

For example, many common law jurisdictions recognize riparian rights, which are protected by property law.

The lot held riparian rights to the Wairoa River.

Riparian rights, however, continue to be acquired through ownership of land contiguous to the watercourse.

Depending on the jurisdiction in which a watercourse is located, riparian rights generally fall into one of three categories.

The court upheld the validity and primacy of riparian rights by a vote of four to three.

Joshi says the allotment of water will not affect the upper and lower riparian rights along the canal.

Riparian rights need to be negotiated on a cross border basis so that limited water resources can be shared more evenly.

Some modification was subsequently made in this agreement in 1964 for the protection of Nepal's riparian rights.

As with surface water and riparian rights, three theories of underground water rights have evolved.

Based on their land ownership, Miller and Lux claimed riparian rights to the natural flow of the river.

Shafer's resolution would give Georgia access and riparian rights to the Tennessee River.

"Every one else - Mr. Warlock included - had taken the riparian rights for granted.

We must either abandon our entire enterprise, calling it a complete loss, or we must buy out all the companies that hold riparian rights.

As mentioned, mineral rights are recognized under various conditions, as are riparian rights.

Hawaii uses a form of riparian rights, and Alaska uses appropriation-based rights.

Sprinkling gardens and watering animals are normally considered permissible uses under the natural flow doctrine of riparian rights.

In the end, the court recognized both water rights systems, but decided that appropriative rights were secondary to riparian rights.