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...

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

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

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

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

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...

movement Romani people Land rights Land use Loitering Nomadic pastoralism Open Spaces Society Prior-appropriation water rights Property Public land Public...

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

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

using more water than it is entitled. 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...

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

property rights of the originating, minority cultures, and some of those who have lived or are living under colonial rule. Cultural appropriation can include...

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...

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...

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...

of Prior Appropriation, and the statutes promulgating acequia water law represent a rare instance of water pluralism in the context of Western water law...

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...

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...

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...

for water rights, or refer the case to a Water Judge, who would rule on referred or contested applications on a six-month schedule, applying the prior appropriation...

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...

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

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...