RIPARIAN-RIGHTS DOCTRINE
riparian-rights doctrine.The rule that owners of land bordering on a waterway have equal
rights to use the water passing through or by their property. Cf. PRIOR-APPROPRIATION
DOCTRINE. [Cases: Navigable Waters 39; Waters and Water Courses 40. C.J.S. Navigable
Waters § 82; Waters§ 12.] [Blacks Law 8th]