Legal Definition and Related Resources of Riparian Rights
Meaning of Riparian Rights
rights which are connected with or follow the ownership of the shores or banks of streams and rivers or any nontitled water course ; the rights of owners of the shores or banks of the seas or lakes are known as littoral rights. See Johnson v McCowen, (Fla.App.)348 So.2d357. These are rights conferred upon an owner by virtue of his ownership of the shore and denote the rights of accretion and right of access to the water from the land. Bowes v City of Chicago, 120 N.E.2d 15, 3 Ill.2d 175.
Riparian Rights Alternative Definition
The rights of the owners of lands on the banks of rivers and streams, 3 Kent, Comm. 427-432. See “Ri- / parian Proprietor.” gentium, sicut Ipslus fluminis. The use of river banks is by the law of nations public, like that of the stream itself. Dig. 1. 8. 5. pr.; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 1, §5; Locc. de Jur. Mar. lib. 1, c. 6, § 12.
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Riparian Rights in the United States
Riparian Rights in Connecticut
The term ‘riparian rights’ refers to the rights of owners of land (more in the U.S.) abutting a stream, while the term ‘littoral rights’ refers to the rights of owners of land (more in the U.S.) abutting the surface waters of a lake or the sea. See Mobile Dry Docks v. City of Mobile, 146 Ala. 198, 40 So. 205 (1906)
Concept of Riparian Rights in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Riparian Rights: Rights of an owner to riparian lands and water.
Concept of Riparian Rights in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Riparian Rights: Rights of an owner to riparian lands and water.
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