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Drip

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The right of drip is an easement by which the water which falls on one house is allowed to fall upon the land of another. Unless the owner has acquired the right by grant or prescription, he has no right so to construct his house as to let the water drip over his neighbor's land. 1 Rolle, Abr. 107. See 3 Kent, Comm. 436; Dig. 43. 23. 4. 6; 11 Adol. & E. 40. DROFDEN or DROFDENE. A grove or woody place where cattle are kept. Cowell; Blount.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The fall of rain-water from the eaves of a house.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The right of drip is an easement by which the water which falls on one house is allowed to fall upon the land of another. Unless the owner has acquired the right by grant or prescription, he has no right so to construct his house as to let the water drip over his neighbor's land; 1 Rolle, Abr. 107. See 3 Kent 436; Dig. 43. 23. 4. 6; 11 Ad. & E. 40.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A species of casement or servitude obligating one man to permit the water falling from another man's house to fall upon his own land. 3 Kent, Comm. 436.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A species of servitude consisting of a right to let waters flowing from a roof fall or drip on the servient estate, v. Stillicidium.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[Lat. stillicidium.] A species of servitude derived from the civil law, by which one man engages to permit the waters flowing from the roof of his neighbor's house to fall [or drip] on his estate. 3 Kent's Com. 436. 2 Hilliard's Real Prop. 85. See Stillicidium.