English Dictionary

riparianism

名詞

アメリカ英語 不可算名詞

(chiefly US, law) A doctrine of riparian rights, based on the principle that the owners of riparian land had the right to remove reasonable amounts of water from the river, but others did not.

日本語の意味

（主に米国法の分野で）河川に隣接する土地所有者が、川から合理的な量の水を利用できる権利、すなわち河川敷の権利に基づく法理論・主義

Despite increasing drought pressure, the town's water board continued to uphold riparianism, permitting only riverside landowners to withdraw reasonable amounts of water.

干ばつの圧力が高まっているにもかかわらず、その町の水利委員会は河川沿岸権の教義を支持し、川沿いの土地所有者だけが合理的な量の水を取ることを許可し続けた。

意味（1）

(chiefly US, law) A doctrine of riparian rights, based on the principle that the owners of riparian land had the right to remove reasonable amounts of water from the river, but others did not.

The result was a string of decisions that further established riparianism as a rule of law.