Riparian Proprietor

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

The word "riparian" has reference to the bank, and not to the bed of the stream. Those who own the land bounding on the watercourse are called riparian proprietors or riparian owners. They have a qualified property in the soil to the thread of the stream. 141 Ga. 202; Ann. Cas. 1915C 1025; 9 Ann. Cas. 1229, note. See Littoral Proprietor.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One whose land is bounded by a navigable stream. See 109 U. S. 672, 27 L. Ed. 1070, 3 Sup. Ct. Rep. 445, 4 Sup. Ct. Rep. 15. Or a lake or other watercourse. See 92 Iowa, 218, 59 N. W. 263, 60 N. W. 618.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Those who own the lands bounding upon a watercourse. Tyler v. Wilkinson, 4 Mas. 397, Fed. Cas. No. 14,312. “One whose land is bounded by a navigable stream.” Potomac Steamboat Co. v. Steamboat Co., 109 U. S. 672, 686, 3 Sup. Ct. 445, 4 Sup. Ct. 15, 27 L. Ed. 1070.

In its common law sense, the owner of the ripa or bank of a stream not navigable. Gough v. Bell, 22

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An owner of land, bounded generally upon a stream of water, and as such having a qualified property in the soil to the thread of the stream with the privileges annexed thereto by law. Bardwell v. Ames, 22 Pick. (Mass.) 355; Potomac Steamboat Co. v. Upper Potomac Steamboat Co., lO9 U. S. 672, 3 Sup. Ct. 445, 27 In Ed. 1070; Gough v. Bell, 22 N. J. Law, 464.

Defined under Riparian in Black's Law Dictionary.