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)
Use "water-right" in a sentence
"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.""