A natural stream of water fed from permanent or periodical nat-ural sources and usually flowlng in a particular direction in a defined channel, hav-ing a bed and hanks or sides, and usually discharging itself Into some other stream or body of water. Los Angeles v. Pomeroy, 124 Cal. 597, 57 Pac. 587; Chamberlain v. Hem-lngway, 63 Conn. 1, 27 Atl. 239, 38 Am. SL Rep. 330; Ribordy v. Murray, 177 IU. 134, 52 N. E. 325; Rait v. Furrow, 74 Kan. 101, 85 Pac. 934, 6 L. R. A. (N. S.) 157; Dlckin-son v. worcester, 7 Alien (Mass.) 19; Earl v. De Hart, 12 N. J. Eq. 284, 72 Am. Dec. 393; Barkley v. wilcox, 86 N. Y. 140, 40 Am. Rep. 519; Simmons v. wtnters, 21 or. 35, 27 Pac. 7, 28 Am. St Rep. 727
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
