usufructuary rights
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From 347 U.S. 239 - Federal Power Commission v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. · 1954Most cited · 261 citing opinions
rights to use the water for the generation of power, as distinguished from claims to the legal ownership of the running water itself. They are rights to use the force of the fall of the water, coupled with an obligation to return the water to the river under specified conditions