Definition: those rights and obligations that are incidental to ownership of land adjacent to or abutting on watercourses such as streams and rivers; includes bathing, boating and dockage in accordance with state and federal statutes
Pronunciation: \rə-ˈper-ē-ən\
Used in a Sentence: Because our property was located on the banks of the river, we had riparian rights to the use of the waterway.