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riparianism

riparianism noun: a doctrine of riparian rights, based on the principle that the owners of riparian land had the right to remove reasonable amounts of water from the river, but others did not.

Noun

riparianism (uncountable)

  1. (US) A doctrine of riparian rights, based on the principle that the owners of riparian land had the right to remove reasonable amounts of water from the river, but others did not.
    • The result was a string of decisions that further established riparianism as a rule of law.1993, Mary Catherine Miller, Flooding the Courtrooms: Law and Water in the Far West, →ISBN, page 180

Origin of riparianism

From riparian + -ism.

Questions about riparianism

What does riparianism mean?
Riparianism means a doctrine of riparian rights, based on the principle that the owners of riparian land had the right to remove reasonable amounts of water from the river, but others did not.
What part of speech is riparianism?
Riparianism is a noun.

Words near riparianism in the dictionary

  1. riparian
  2. riparian buffer
  3. riparian buffers
  4. riparian right
  5. riparian rights
  6. riparianism
  7. riparianness
  8. riparians
  9. riparious
  10. riparium
  11. ripariums

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