RIPARIAN

riparian (ri-pair-ee-<<schwa>>n or rI-), adj. Of, relating to, or located on the bank of a river

or stream (or occasionally another body of water, such as a lake) <riparian land> <a riparian

owner>. Cf. LITTORAL. [Cases: Navigable Waters 39–46; Waters and Water Courses 34–49,

109. C.J.S. Navigable Waters §§ 82–102, 111, 126–131, 134; Waters §§ 3–17, 20, 91, 238–240,

243–244, 760–761, 926.] [Blacks Law 8^th]