American legal system, prior appropriation water rights is the doctrine that the first person to take a quantity of water from a water source for "beneficial...

'first in time, first in right.'" The 20th century system of prior appropriation water rights is characterized by five principles: Exclusive right is given...

of property Prior appropriation water rights Riparian water rights: rights to river water in front of property Subsurface rights: rights to oil or minerals...

rights In some U.S. states, water rights are completely separate from land—see prior appropriation water rights Mineral rights Easement to neighboring property...

economically productive activities. Water rights based on prior appropriation – first in time, first in right – led to inefficient water allocation and other inefficiencies...

date of water rights holders. In the western United States, water rights are administered under the doctrine of prior appropriation. Under prior appropriation...

privacy legislation dealing with personality rights, which have the following traits: An appropriation of personality can be achieved through the use...

often subject to easement Prior appropriation water rights Right of public access to the wilderness Riparian water rights Servitude (Roman law) Servitude...

acquiring appropriation rights through the California State Water Resources Control Board. The modern system of prior appropriation water rights followed...

implied reservation of water rights in sources within or bordering the reservation Based on date, users with prior appropriation dates under state law...

Freedom to roam Indigenous land rights Land law Prior-appropriation water rights Riparian water rights Treaty rights "NSW Land and Property Information"...

championing public paths and open spaces Prior-appropriation water rights – Legal doctrine for rights to water use Property – Entity owned by a person...

prior appropriation, also known as "first-come, first-served", but water rights for the eastern states follow riparian law. Under riparian law, water...

using more water than it is entitled to. The court determined that the Secretary of the Interior was not bound by Prior-appropriation water rights in allocating...

largest private supplier of ground and surface water rights, prior-appropriation and senior water rights, and water engineering services in Colorado. In-state...

Similar to the Ancient Lights doctrine, prior appropriation water rights states that the first person to take water for "beneficial use," such as agricultural...

Wyoming claimed the doctrine of prior appropriation granted them superior rights to the stream water, as they claimed the water first, and that Colorado's...

"The [western] intellectual property rights system and the (mis)appropriation of Indigenous knowledge without the prior knowledge and consent of Indigenous...

right to the water in the body next to it. The other major model is the prior appropriations model, the first party to make use of a water supply has the...

rainwater harvesting, previously not allowed under Colorado's prior appropriation water rights law. Looper was the Senate sponsor of a bill to allow residents...

It intersected with the state's ongoing war over land use, access to water rights, impacts on indigenous communities, large vs. small farmers, the state's...

river) water rights in most western United States, historic subsurface return flows must be maintained and verified. This is known as Prior-appropriation water...

called the labor theory of appropriation, labor theory of ownership, labor theory of entitlement, or principle of first appropriation) is a theory of natural...

the water rights are reserved as soon as the portion of the reservation cases where competing users of the water source have prior appropriation dates...

and 2,000 distinct prior-appropriation water rights on the Little Blackfoot River, although an exact accounting of how much water is taken annually is...

Political Rights or in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The 1950 European Convention on Human Rights acknowledges...

and mineral rights are not severed. This type of estate occurs when mineral and surface ownership are separated. This can occur from prior ownership of...

Some philosophers distinguish two types of rights, natural rights and legal rights. Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws or customs...

scope of rights acquired by adverse possession and how the First Department would treat claims of adverse possession where title had vested prior to 2008...

cultural forces that shaped Californian water law in the 1850s as well. Water law's concept of prior appropriation was developed and refined over the course...