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water right

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water right
n.
1. The right to draw water from a particular source, such as a lake, irrigation canal, or stream. Often used in the plural.
2. Nautical The right to navigate on particular waters.
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Noun1.water right - right of access to water
riparian right
right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
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As we were in search of pure water, we did not wish to overlook any portion of the coast, and so after sounding and finding that we had ample depth, I ran the U-33 between head-lands into as pretty a landlocked harbor as sailormen could care to see, with good water right up to within a few yards of the shore.
The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
We had fair breezes, smooth water right into the tropics, and the old Judea lumbered along in the sun- shine.
Youth: A Narrative by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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