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RAIN WATER (law)


RAIN WATER. The water which naturally falls from the clouds. 2. No one has a right to build his house so as to cause the rain water 2. No one has a right to build his house so as to cause the rain water to fall over his neighbor' s land; 1 Rolle' s Ab. 107; 2 Leo. 94; 1 Str. 643; to fall over his neighbor' s land; 1 Rolle' s Ab. 107; 2 Leo. 94; 1 Str. 643; Fortesc. 212; Bac. Ab. Action on. the case, F.; 5 Co. 101; 2 Rolle, Ab. 565, Fortesc. 212; Bac. Ab. Action on. the case, F.; 5 Co. 101; 2 Rolle, Ab. 565, 1. 10; 1 Com. Dig. Action upon the case for a nuisance, A; unless he has 1. 10; 1 Com. Dig. Action upon the case for a nuisance, A; unless he has acquired a right by a grant or prescription. acquired a right by a grant or prescription. 3. When the land remains in a state of nature, says a learned writer, 3. When the land remains in a state of nature, says a learned writer, and by the natural descent, the rain water would descend from the superior and by the natural descent, the rain water would descend from the superior estate over the lower, the latter is necessarily subject to receive such estate over the lower, the latter is necessarily subject to receive such water. 1 Lois des Batimens, 15, 16. Vide 2 Roll. 140; Dig. 39, 3; 2 Bouv. water. 1 Lois des Batimens, 15, 16. Vide 2 Roll. 140; Dig. 39, 3; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1608. Inst. n. 1608.