DCHP-3

water lot

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a piece of land fronting on a lake, river, etc.

Quotations

1791
With respect to the granting of these concessions to the proprietors of the water Lots without discrimination some strange language it is said has been held out.
1859
Proclamations are issued about towns, town lots and water lots, rules and regulations, as though it was the all important subject.
1965
Contrary to custom, he [Baillie] demanded payment for the use of "water lots" on the rivers and harbours where merchants constructed wharves and booms.