Definition of "water-right" [water-right]

• The legal right to the use (of a specified quantity or body) of water; in particular, the right to the use of water for the purpose of irrigation. See right, n. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "So to save the river and their water, Adamson and a group of surface water-right holders sued in 2005 to shut off the wells."
• "He had tokens of friendship and right-of-passage and water-right with him; any of the Bedu would honor those, particularly after the way that he and his Jousters had cleaned out that lot of bandits for them."
• ""Last of all, you have water-right, which of itself, is worth twice what this bandit bargained from me.""