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Definition of Riverain
1. a riverside dweller [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riverain
Literary usage of Riverain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Edward Hertslet (1891)
"Rights of riverain Slates. ... the Additional Act under reserve of the equality
of rights of the riverain States as regards the provisions of Articles V, ..."
2. A Treatise on International Public Law by Hannis Taylor (1901)
"Free riverain navigation—Eights of upper states. ... One extreme school denies
that the right of riverain navigation ever existed at all upon the general ..."
3. The Lazy Minstrel by Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1886)
"A riverain RHYME. A riverain RHYME. BESIDE the river in the rain— The sopping
sky is leaden grey— I watch the drops run down the pane ! ..."
4. Report of the ... Conference by Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations Conference (1887)
"Tout navire qui mouille, louvoie ou s'arrête dans les eaux territoriales se soumet
à la juridiction de l'État riverain. L'État riverain a le droit de ..."
5. The European Concert in the Eastern Question: A Collection of Treaties and by Thomas Erskine Holland (1885)
"The "aer' riverain Commission, which was intended permanently to regulate the
course of the river in pursuance of the Treaty of Vienna, after a few years of ..."
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