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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The legal right to use water, especially bodies of water or sources of water adjacent to one's own property or on or from a property belonging to another.
  • noun Nautical The right to navigate on particular waters.

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  • noun right of access to water

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