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Riparian

Belonging or relating to the bank of a river; of or on the bank. Land lying beyond the natural watershed of a stream is not “riiwrian.” Bathgate v. Ir-vine, 126 Cal. 135, 58 Pac. 442, 77 Am. St. Rep. 158. The term is sometimes used as re

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)