IMPLIED-RESERVATION-OF-WATER DOCTRINE

By SovConn | June 23, 2013

implied-reservation-of-water doctrine.A legal doctrine permitting the federal government to

use and control, for public purposes, water appurtenant to federal lands. See EMINENT DOMAIN. [Cases: Waters and Water Courses 2. C.J.S. Waters §§ 1, 344–347.]

[Blacks Law 8th]

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