Aqua Currens
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Running water. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 6, § 3. AQUA CURRIT ET DEBET CURRERE ut currere solebat. Water runs and ought to run as it has used to run. 3 Rawle (Pa.) 84, 88; 26 Pa. St. 413; 3 Kent, Comm. 489; Angell, Watercourses, 413; Gale & W. Easem. 1S2.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Running water. Aqua currit et debet currere, ut currere solebat. Water runs, and ought to run, as it has used to run. 3 Bulst. 339; 3 Kent, Comm. 439. A running stream should be left to flow in its natural channel, without alteration or diversion. A fundamental maxim in the law of water-courses.