- surface stream
- A stream which flows in a permanent, distinct, and well-defined channel from the lands of one owner to those of another. Tampa Waterworks Co. v Cline, 37 Fla 586, 20 So 780.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
surface stream
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