Riviation

In old English law. The use of a river for the purposes of fishing, etc. Hale de Jur. Mar. par. 1, c. 2. RIVUS (Lat.) In the Civil Law. A trench for water to pass. Defined by Ulpian, a place sunk for a distance along, where water may run (locus per longitudinem depressus quo aqua decurrat). Dig. 43. 21. 1. 2. In old English Law. The channel of a watercourse. Bracton, fol. 233; Fleta, lib, 4, c. 27, § 10. Both these writers adopt the definition of the Digests (supra) word for word.

In old English law. The use of a river for the purposes of fishing.