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A technical word, properly used in indictments for riot. It of itself implies force and violence. 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 489. … [Read more...] about RIOTOUSLY

The bank of a river, or the place beyond which the waters do not in their natural course overflow. 2. An extraordinary overflow does not change the banks of the river. … [Read more...] about RIPA

See riparian. … [Read more...] about RIPARAN

A medieval Latin word, which Lord Coke takes to mean water running between two banks; in,other places it is rendered "bank." … [Read more...] about RIPARIA

Belonging or relating to the bank of a river; of or on the bank. Land lying beyond the natural watershed of a stream is not "riparian." The term is sometimes used as reiating to the shore of the sea or other tidal water, or of a lake or other considerable body of water not having the character of a water-course. But this is not accurate. The proper word to be employed in such … [Read more...] about RIPARIAN