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Definition of Riparian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or stream. "Riparian land"
Definition of Riparian
1. a. Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights.
Definition of Riparian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Riparian
1. pertaining to the bank of a river [adj]
Medical Definition of Riparian
1. Relating to a ripa; marginal. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riparian
Literary usage of Riparian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"land which is In contact with the stream, it becomes necessary to determine what,
in fact, is riparian land. This question is not entirely free from ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Easements by John Leybourn Goddard (1904)
"An important question relating to the extent of riparian Division of rights ...
riparian estate, for it is manifest that if an estate is divided among many ..."
3. The Law of Torts: A Treatise on the English Law of Liability for Civil Injuries by Sir John William Salmond (1907)
"For if this were so, the whole of a railway line 200 miles in length would possess
riparian rights over every stream that it crossed ; and on the same ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Surveying and Boundaries by Frank Emerson Clark (1922)
"Water must form boundary to give riparian rights. —It is the universal rule that
to give a party riparian rights the water must form the boundary of the ..."
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