| 单词 | water court |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater court water court n. a court exercising jurisdiction over matters relating to a river or other tract of water, or to water rights. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > courts dealing with maritime or river matters water court1482 court of admiraltya1500 marine court1697 Court of the Watercourse1698 court of lodemanage1716 prize court1775 instance court1802 1482 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 169 All vthir custumys and priuilegis..with thare watir courtis attaichiamentis vnlawes and dewiteis. 1591 in R. P. Cruden Hist. Gravesend (1842) 203 Paid..for wine given to my Lords' men when the Water Court was kept 0 0 8. 1764 London Gaz. No. 10427/5 At a Sessions of Sewers or Water Court holden for the said Levells... It is ordered, that [etc.]. 1855 Common Bench Rep. 15 26 Neither had the water-courts power to make such an order; for, though they might regulate the business, they had no power to restrain the rights of the freemen. 1980 Texas Monthly Nov. 340/1 When the company opens its legal battle for water rights in a Colorado water court. 2010 L. Madhuku Introd. Zimbabwean Law v. 76 There used to be a separate Water Court that regulated the use of public water among competing interests in Zimbabwe. From December 1979, all the functions of the old Water Court were taken over by the Administrative Court. < as lemmas |
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