diversion
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
United States Code
34 U.S.C. § 10651 — in this section
The terms "diversion" and "alternative prosecution and sentencing" mean the appropriate use of effective mental health treatment alternatives to juvenile justice or criminal justice system institutional placements for preliminarily qualified offenders.
42 U.S.C. § 3797AA — in this section
The terms “diversion” and “alternative prosecution and sentencing” mean the appropriate use of effective mental health treatment alternatives to juvenile justice or criminal justice system institutional placements for preliminarily qualified offenders.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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. Rap. & Lawr. L. Dict. See Parker v. Griswold, 17 Conn. 299, 42 Am. Dec. 739; 6 Price 1. One who has a natural gas well on his place may explode nitroglycerine therein for the purpose of increasing the flow, though it has the effect of drawing the gas from the land of another; Greenfield Gas. Co. v. Gas Co., 131 Ind. 599, 31 N. E. 61. The owner of land through which flows a stream of water, may recover damages from one who diverts the water, for any actual injury suffered therefrom in the enjoyment of his land; Clark v. R. Co., 145 Pa. 438, 22 Atl. 989, 27 Am. St. Rep. 710; Case v. Hoffman, 84 Wis. 438, 54 N. W. 793, 20 L. R. A. 40, 36 Am. St. Rep. 937. The fact that one diverts water maliciously is of no consequence. Chatfield v. Wilson, 28 Vt. 49. See Riparian Proprietors; Water-Course; Gas; Oil.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A turning aside, v. Divert.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A turning aside or altering the natural course ofa thing. The term is chiefly applied to the unauthorized changing the course of a water-course to the prejudice of a lower proprietor.