Riparian Right (Noun)
Meaning
Right of access to water.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- A person's riparian right typically allows them to use the adjacent water for domestic or agricultural purposes.
- The property owner's riparian right granted them access to the river's edge to install a boat dock.
- Those living alongside a stream may be protected by their riparian right, limiting their neighbors from modifying the water flow.
- Waterfront landowners generally hold the riparian right, which gives them a certain level of control over the water's use.
- As part of the property deed, the buyer inherited the riparian right to access a section of the lake's shoreline.