common enemy rule

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common enemy rule

A rule of water management and rights followed in some states. It holds that excessive rainwater is a common enemy that damages property at random. Uphill property owners can take any steps to protect their land from the water, even if it causes damage to the property of others further down the hill. The downhill property owners are supposed to protect their own land, because water is the common enemy and everyone has to provide their own protection. Today, most states have modified rules that require everyone to act reasonably under the circumstances in order to protect their own property and avoid damaging the property of others.

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diffused surface waters			This common enemy rule aims to strike a balance between the right of an owner to do what he likes with his own property and the right of a neighbour to have his property left alone. Complex legal issues over flooding; PROPERTY BRIEFING Commercial ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) The Court of Appeal decided that the common enemy rule is subject to two limitations; a landowner cannot alter an established watercourse or cause water that is already on, or is in imminent danger of flooding on to, his land to flow on to his neighbour's land. Ruling on flooding boost for developer by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			Commodity Block Currency Commodity Brokerage Firm Commodity Bundle Commodity Channel Index Commodity Exchange Act Commodity Futures Commodity Futures Contract Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commodity Indexes Commodity Indices Commodity Mudharaba Commodity Option Commodity Paper Commodity Pool Commodity Pool Operator Commodity Product Spread Commodity Research Bureau Commodity Research Bureau Index Commodity Selection Index Commodity Swap Commodity Trading Advisor Commodity-Backed Bond common area maintenance common areas Common code common enemy rule Common Equity Common factor common law Common Market Common Shares Common Size Balance Sheet Common Stock Common Stock Equivalent Common Stock Fund Common Stock Market Common Stock Ratio Common Stock Ratios Common Stock/Other Equity Common-Base-Year Analysis Common-Law State Common-Size Analysis Common-Size Statement Commons Commonwealth Development Corp Commonwealth Development Corporation Community Association Institute Community Bank Community Income Community Interest Company community property			Common Education Data Analysis and Reporting System common eel Common Effective Preferential Tariff Common effects of heroine Common effects of heroine Common effects of heroine Common Effluent Treatment Facilities Common Effluent Treatment Plant common effort Common Eider Common Eider common eiders common eiders common eland common eland common eland common elands common elands common elands common elder common elder Common Electrical Electronic Data System Common Electronic Data Interchange Common Electronic Purse Specification Common Element Manager Common Element Verification Common Eliminated Region 1 Common Emergency Communication and Information System Common emitter Common Enabling Kit common enemy rule Common Engine Program Common English Proficiency Assessment Scheme Common Enterprise Display System Common Entrance Common Entrance Common Entrance Exam for Polytechnic Common Entrance Examination Common Entrance Test Common Entry Point Common envelope binaries Common envelope binary Common Environment Common Environment for Guidance and Control Studies Common Environment for Testing Common Equipment Card Common Equipment Facility Common Equipment Group Common Equipment List Common Equipment Module Common Equipment Suite Common Equipment Voltage Indicator Common Equities common equity Common era Common era Common Era calendar

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