Legal Definition and Related Resources of Aqua
Meaning of Aqua
(Lat.) Water. It is a rule that water belongs to the land which it covers when it is stationary. Aqua cedit solo, water follows the soil. 2 Bl. Comm. 18; Co. Litt. 4.
What does Aqua mean in American Law?
The definition of Aqua in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
Water; also, in proper context, a body of water, e.g., a lake or stream.
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This definition of Aqua Is based on the The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary . This entry needs to be proofread.
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Concept of “Aqua”
Traditional meaning of aqua in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Water. Aqua cedit solo (water follows the land); water goes with the land which it covers; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 18. Aqua currit, et debet currere, ut currere solebat: water runs, and ought to run, as it used to run; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 395; 26 Pa. 412. Aquae ductus: right of conducting water through the land of another. Aquae haustus: the right of drawing water from the well or spring of another. Aquae immittendae: the easement or right of drip; see 15 Barb. 95.
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Notes and References
- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Aqua”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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Meaning of Aqua
In this law dictionary, the legal term aqua is a kind of the Roman law class.
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