- correlative rights
- Another term for the reasonable use doctrine in reference to percolating waters. 56 Am J1st Wat § 114. See reasonable use doctrine.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
correlative rights
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Correlative rights doctrine — The correlative rights doctrine is a legal doctrine limiting the rights of landowners to a common source of groundwater (such as an aquifer) to a reasonable share, typically based on the amount of land owned by each on the surface above. This… … Wikipedia
correlative rights — Refers to doctrine which is applied to owners of land and their rights to use of their land with respect to rights of adjoining or lower riparian landowners in water or oil. Alameda County Water District v. Niles Sand & Gravel Co. Inc., 37… … Black's law dictionary
correlative rights — Refers to doctrine which is applied to owners of land and their rights to use of their land with respect to rights of adjoining or lower riparian landowners in water or oil. Alameda County Water District v. Niles Sand & Gravel Co. Inc., 37… … Black's law dictionary
correlative — I adjective accordant, adapted, affiliate, affiliated, affined, affinitive, agnate, agreeing, akin, allied, amalgamated, analogous, anent, applicable, apposite, appropriate, associated, associative, belonging, cognate, coinciding, collateral,… … Law dictionary
correlative — [kə rel′ə tiv] adj. [ML correlativus] 1. having or involving a mutual relationship; reciprocally dependent [correlative rights and duties] 2. Gram. expressing mutual relation and used in pairs [In “neither Tom nor I can go,” “neither” and “nor”… … English World dictionary
correlative — UK US /kəˈrelətɪv/ adjective [before noun] ► used to describe two or more things that are related to each other: »Each party to the contract has correlative rights and duties … Financial and business terms
correlative — I UK [kəˈrelətɪv] / US adjective 1) formal correlative rights or obligations are connected with or depend on each other 2) linguistics two words that are correlative are often used together but not usually used next to each other. For example,… … English dictionary
correlative — cor|rel|a|tive1 [ kə relətıv ] adjective 1. ) FORMAL correlative rights or obligations are connected with or depend on each other 2. ) LINGUISTICS two words that are correlative are often used together but not usually used next to each other. For … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
correlative — cor|rel|a|tive [kəˈrelətıv] adj formal two or more facts, ideas etc that are correlative are closely related or dependent on each other ▪ rights and their correlative responsibilities >correlative n … Dictionary of contemporary English
correlative — [[t]kɒre̱lətɪv[/t]] correlatives N COUNT: oft N of n If one thing is a correlative of another, the first thing is caused by the second thing, or occurs together with it. [FORMAL] Man has rights only in so far as they are a correlative of duty … English dictionary
