Flumen
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Roman law. A servitude which consists in the right to conduct the rain-water, collected from the roof and carried off by the gutters, onto the house or ground of one's neighbor. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 317; Ersk. Inst. 2, 9, 9. Also a river or stream.
In old English law. Flood; flood-tide.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In old English law. Flood, or flood-tida In the civil law. A river.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Roman law. A servitude which consists in the right to conduct. the rain-water, collected from the roof and carried off by the gutters, onto the house or ground of one’s neighbor. Mackeld. Rom, Law, § 317; Ersk. Inst. 2, 9, 9. Also a river or stream.
In old English law. Flood; flood-tide, Flumina et portus publica sunt, ideoque jus piscandi omnibus commune est. Rivers and ports are public. There. fore the right of fishing there is common to all. Day. Ir. K. B. 55; Branch, Prine.