riparian owner
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 77 U.S. 91 - The Schools v. Risley · 1869Most cited · 40 citing opinions
if it extended to the river at that time it is clear that the owners thereof were riparian owners; and if so, it is equally clear that they were entitled, as such to all the accretion thereto occasioned by alluvial deposits or by the gradual recession of the waters of the river from the usual water-mark.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A riparian proprietor; one who owns land on the bank of a river.
Defined under Riparian in Black's Law Dictionary.