Search results for: “surface water”
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Hydrology
Hierarchical Display of Hydrology Science > Natural and applied sciences > Earth sciencesEnvironment > Natural environment > Physical environment > Aquatic environment > WaterEnvironment > Natural environment > Physical environment > Aquatic environment > Water > […]
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Budget Appropriation
Hierarchical Display of Budget appropriation Finance > Budget > Implementation of the budget Meaning of Budget appropriation Overview and more information about Budget appropriation For a more comprehensive understanding of Budget appropriation, see in the general part of the online […]
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Validation of Expenditure
Hierarchical Display of Validation of expenditure Finance > Budget > Implementation of the budget Meaning of Validation of expenditure Overview and more information about Validation of expenditure For a more comprehensive understanding of Validation of expenditure, see in the general part […]
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Littoral Rights
The term ‘riparian rights’ refers to the rights of owner (more in the United States)s of land (more in the U.S.) abutting a stream, while the term ‘littoral rights’ refers to the rig…
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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 […]
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Flood
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Flood Meaning of Flood Inundation or a deluge. water which inundates area of surface of earth where it ordinarily would not be expected to be. Stover v U. S. (D. C. Cal.), 204 F. Supp. 4 77. <div […]
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Flood
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Flood Meaning of Flood Inundation or a deluge. water which inundates area of surface of earth where it ordinarily would not be expected to be. Stover v U. S. (D. C. Cal.), 204 F. Supp. 4 77. <div […]
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Decontamination
Concept of Decontamination In relation to securing dangerous material (in case of crisis or terrorism) a meaning of decontamination may be outlined, in general regarding European law, as follows: The reduction of C, B, R&N contamination of the surfaces of living organisms, soil, water or […]
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Land
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Land Meaning of Land In broad and general sense, means every species of ground, soil or earth, and includes houses and other buildings attached to it by human agency or by nature such as trees, herbage and […]
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Profits
An excess of the value of returns over the value of expenditures. The net amount made after deducting any proper expenses incident to the transaction. 2 Sneed (Tenn.) 452; 15 Minn. 519. The expenses to be deducted are ordinarily the current expenses incident to the business; not such […]
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Bilge
The lowest interior space of a ship, and what accumulates there, usually dirty and foul-smelling water. If combustibles accumulate on the surface of the water there can be a nasty explosion, so bilge is by law required frequently to be emptied, and constantly ventilated. By extension, any […]
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Batture
(Fr. shoals, shallows). An elevation of the bed of a river under the surface of the water; but it is sometimes used to signify the same elevation when it has risen above the surface. 6 Mart. (La.) 19, 216. The term battures is applied principally to certain portions of the bed […]