: a right (such as access to or use of the shore, bed, and water) of one owning riparian land
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe board has indicated that, because conditions are so dry, restrictions will likely be extended to water users with pre-1914 water rights as well as those with land adjacent to a waterway, known as a riparian right. Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Aug. 2021
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1860, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
riparian right
noun
: the right of one owning riparian land to have access to and use of the shore and water