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Cancellation of Water Right Upheld by State Supreme Court
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1986.tb05776.x
Subject(s) - abandonment (legal) , supreme court , statute , law , political science , state (computer science) , computer science , algorithm
An Oregon state law providing that failure to use a perfected and developed water right is conclusively presumed to be an abandonment of such right is a forfeiture statute rather than an abandonment statute and does not require an owner's intent to abandon the right, according to the Supreme Court of Oregon.