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
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 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
See Easement.
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.