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Water

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

That liquid substance lof which the sea, the rivers, and creeks are composed. A pool of water, or a stream or water course is considered as part of the Jand, hence « pool of twenty acres, would paes by the grant of twenty acres of land, without mentioning the water.

2 BI. Com.18.

Vide River; Water course.