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(4006) Water right
Relates to the quantity of water per year, for each of the farms within a proclaimed irrigation area. A grant, permit, degree, appropriation, or claim to the use of such water for beneficial purposes, limited by the economical use and subject to other rights of historical use, called `priority`, or `prior appropriation`.

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