Law. An artificial water channel or (later also) natural stream, brook, etc., which a person is entitled to make use of, esp. one that flows…
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| 释义 | society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > rights to use water (5) watercourse1576 Law. An artificial water channel or (later also) natural stream, brook, etc., which a person is entitled to make use of, esp. one that flows… watering1681 Scots Law. A servitude (servitude, n. 3a) giving the owner of a property the right to use water from another property, esp. for the purpose of… water rights1793 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. water privilege1804 (a) the right to use water (formerly esp. the right to use running water to drive machinery); frequently in plural; †(b) a stream or body of water… privilege1835 U.S. A (section of) river capable of powering machinery, as for a mill, factory, etc.; = water privilege n. (b) at water, n. compounds 7. Obsolete. |
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