Diversion
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A turning aside or altering the natural course of a thing. The term is chiefly applied to the unauthorized changing the course of a water-course to the prejudice of a lower proprietor.
Merritt v. Parker, 1 N. J. Law, 460; Parker v. Griswold, 17 Conn. 299, 42 Am. Dec. 739.