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Water-power

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

The water-power to which a riparian owner is entitled consists of the fall in the stream, when in its natural state, as it passes through his land, or along the boundary of it; or, in other words, it consists of the difference of level between the surface where the stream first touches his land, and the surface where it leaves ft.

McCalmont v. Whitaker, 3 Rawle, (Pa) 90, 23 Am. Dec. 102,