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Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
102.—Water right. A legal right, in the nature of a cor poreal hereditament, to use the water of a natural stream or water furnished through a ditch or canal, for general or specific purposes, such as irrigation, mining, power, or domestic use, either to its full capacity or to a measured extent or during a defined portion of the time.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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