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Backwater
(gcide) | Backwater \Back"wa`ter\, n. [Back, a. or adv. + -water. ]
1. Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an
opposing current, or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer
or river channel, or across a river bar.
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2. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused
by an obstruction.
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3. Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by
the paddle wheels of a steamer.
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BACK-WATER
(bouvier) | BACK-WATER. That water in a stream which, in consequence of some obstruction
below, is detained or checked in its course, or reflows.
2. Every riparian owner is entitled to the benefit of the water in its
natural state. Whenever, therefore, the owner of land dams or impedes the
water in such a manner as to back it on his neighbor above, he is liable to
an action; for no one has a right to alter the level of the water, either
where it enters, or where it leaves his property. 9 Co. 59; 1 B. & Ald. 258;
1 Wils. R. 178; 6 East, R. 203; 1 S. & Stu. 190.; 4 Day, R. 244; 7 Cowen, R.
266; 1 Rawle, R. 218; 5 N. R. Rep. 232; 9 Mass. R. 316; 7 Pick. R. 198; 4
Mason, R. 400; 1 Rawle, R. 27; 2 John. Ch. R. 162, 463; 1 Coxe's. R. 460.
Vide, Dam; Inundation; Water-course; and 5 Ohio R. 322.
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Backwater
(gcide) | Backwater \Back"wa`ter\, n. [Back, a. or adv. + -water. ]
1. Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an
opposing current, or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer
or river channel, or across a river bar.
[1913 Webster]
2. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused
by an obstruction.
[1913 Webster]
3. Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by
the paddle wheels of a steamer.
[1913 Webster] |
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