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RIPARIAN RIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does riparian right mean?
• RIPARIAN RIGHT (noun)
The noun RIPARIAN RIGHT has 1 sense:
1. right of access to water
Familiarity information: RIPARIAN RIGHT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Right of access to water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
riparian right; water right
Hypernyms ("riparian right" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
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