| 单词 | water rights |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater rights water rights n. the right to the use of water in a tract of land (cf. water privilege n. (a)), or to navigate on particular waters; also in singular in same sense. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > rights to use water watercourse1576 watering1681 water rights1793 water privilege1804 privilege1835 1793 Columbian Museum (Philadelphia) Jan. 16 The purchase of the land, including the farm buildings..and water rights, &c. would probably be at fifteen dollars per acre. 1891 R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xiii. 213 The question of water-right is also one urgently demanding legislation in Victoria. 1907 Q. Rev. Oct. 391 Where the water-rights of villages and small towns are..threatened. 1920 W. H. Mallock Mem. Life & Lit. xii. 175 He would..have had to buy from the neighbouring peasants certain way-leaves and water-rights. 1937 J. T. Shotwell At Paris Peace Conf. ii. 410 The Greeks, as traders, may..compare the water rights of the Aegean to the overland rights of a continental country. 2005 J. Hull Pale Morning Done 3 We've renegotiated some water rights so we can divert from Alice Creek. < as lemmas |
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