Tributary
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Tributary, is to be read in a sense of amplitude, it cannot embrace any small nullah or stream in the very high reaches of what may be called the river Godavari. In its widest sense, even an unnamed stream or what is called the mouth of the river may be said to be a tributary because it gives water to the river, State of Bombay v. Laxman, AIR 1960 Bom 90.
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