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aquagium  (<<schwa>>-kway-jee-<<schwa>>m),  n.[Law  Latin]  Hist. 1.A  canal  for  draining water,  esp.  from  marshy  land.  2.  A  payment for  supplying  water  to  a  mill or  carrying  goods by water. [Blacks Law 8th]

aqua frisca.See aqua dulcis under AQUA. [Blacks Law 8th]

aqua fontanea.See AQUA. [Blacks Law 8th]

aquae  immittendae  (ak-wee  im-<<schwa>>-ten-dee).  [Latin  “waters  to  be  discharged”]  A servitude consisting in the right of one whose house is surrounded by other buildings to discharge wastewater on the neighboring roofs or yards. • This is similar to common-law drip rights. — Also termed stillicidium. Cf. servitus stillicidii under SERVITUS; DRIP RIGHTS. [Blacks Law 8th]

aquaehaustus   (ak-wee-haws-t<<schwa>>s),   n.[Latin   “drawing   of   water”]   A   servitude granting  the  right to  draw  water  from  a  well,  pool, spring,  or  stream  on  another’s  land.  —  Also termed jus aquaehaustus; servitus aquae-haustus; servitus aquae hauriendae. [Blacks Law 8th]

aquae frigidae judicium.[Latin] Eccles. law. See ordeal by water (1) under ORDEAL. [Blacks Law 8th]

aquae ferventis judicium.[Latin] Eccles. law. See ordeal by water (2) under ORDEAL. [Blacks Law 8th]

aquaeductus  (ak-wee-d<<schwa>>k-t<<schwa>>s),  n.[Latin  “conveying  of  water”]  See servitus aquae ducendae under SERVITUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

aqua (ak-w<<schwa>>), n.[Latin] Roman law. 1. Water. 2. A watercourse. Pl. aquae (ak-wee). aqua  aestiva  (ak-w<<schwa>>  es-tI-v<<schwa>>).  Summer  water;  water  used  only  in  the aqua currens (ak-w<<schwa>> k<<schwa>>r-enz). See aqua profluens. aqua dulcis (ak-w<<schwa>> d<<schwa>>l-sis). Fresh water. — Also termed aqua frisca. aqua fontanea (ak-w<<schwa>> fon-tay-nee-<<schwa>>). Springwater. aqua frisca (ak-w<<schwa>> fris-k<<schwa>>). See aqua dulcis. aqua …

a qua (ay kwayorkwah). [Latin] See A QUO. [Blacks Law 8th]