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riparian rights
The rights of a person owning land containing or bordering on a watercourse or other body of water in or to its banks, bed, or waters. Under common law, a person owning land bordering a nonnavigable stream owns the bed of the stream and may make reasonable use of its waters.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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