Mill privilege
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
the right of A riparian proprietor to erect A Mill on his land and to use the power furnished by the stream for the purpose of operating the mill, with due regard to the rights of other owners above and below him on the stream.
Gould v. Boston Duck Co., 13 Gray (Mass.) 452; Hutchinson v. Chase, 39 Me. 511, 63 Am. Dec. 645;' Moore v. Fletcher, 16 Me. 65, 33 Am. Dec. 633; Whitney v. Wheeler Cotton Mills, 151 Mass. 396, 24 N. E. 774, 7 In R. A. 613.