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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A doctrine of riparian rights, based on the principle that the owners of riparian land had the right to remove reasonable amounts of water from the river, but others did not. US, uncountable

   "The result was a string of decisions that further established riparianism as a rule of law."

Example

More examples

"The result was a string of decisions that further established riparianism as a rule of law."

Etymology

From riparian + -ism.

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