right of drainage

right of drainage
The jus aqueductus or easement which gives the owner of land the right to bring down water through or from the land of another, either from its source or from any other place. Nellis v Munson, 108 NY 453, 459, 15 NE 739.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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