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[abominable_scouse_monster]

Is that like Raperian rights, navigable rivers are fair game etc?

 

[British Red]

Riparian rights is correct. I am not sure on the rules for permitted navigable rivers - I believe it simply means what it says - people may legally navigate them without permission - I don't think any other rights are implied.

 

[Chopperdead]

I seem to remember something on my property deeds in the uk that stated I owned the property to a depth of 1.5 meters and the borough council owned everything below that

 

[nuggets]

yup ` freehold ` property owner ! but only to the depth of the bottom of the foundations !!! no mineral rights no nothing just a load of bollicks in the cold light of day !!

 

[santaman2000]

That's a bit different than our "mineral rights" then. Said minerals could be on the surface and still not belong to the property owner. That's becoming a bone of contention in Tennessee as the owners of the mineral rights are harvesting rocks for market. The flipside though is that the property owner owns the actual property all the way to the Earth's core in theory.

 

[boatman]

It is argued that there is a general right of navigation on all navigable rivers despite any ownership of the river bed. The claim has never been tested in court and no riparian owner has ever, as far as I know, brought an action for trespass, possibly because it would be lost and so set a precedent.

 

[mrcharly]

News to me, boatman.

I thought the right of navigation wasn't 'freely enjoyed'.