riparian waters

riparian waters
The waters of the ordinary flow and underflow of a stream. When such waters rise above the line of highest ordinary flow, they are to be regarded as flood waters. Motl v Boyd, 116 Tex 82, 111, 286 SW 458.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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