Aqua
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [L. Fr. ewe, awe, aeue.] Water. Aqua dulcis, or frisca; fresh water.
Reg. Orig. 97.
Bract. fol.
117, 136.
Aqua salsa; salt water. Id. ibid. Aqua trestornata, (ewe trestorne); a stream turned out of its course. Id. fol.
116.
Aqua cedit solo
Water belongs to, or goes with the land [which it covers.] Co. Litt. 4 a, b.
2 Bl. Com. 18.
Aqua currit et debet currere, ut currere solebat. Water runs, and ought to run as it has used to run.
3 Bulstr. 339. Story, J., 3 Sumner's R. 189, 199. 3 Kent's Com. 439.
A running stream should be left to flow in its natural channel, without alteration or diversion.