levee district

levee district
An improvement district created for the construction and maintenance of a levee. A quasi-public corporation like a railroad, not a political or civil division of the state and not created for political purposes nor for the administration of civil government, but created by statute with only such powers as are expressly or impliedly conferred. Board of Directors of St. Francis Levee District v Kurn (CA5 Mo) 98 F2d 394.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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