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Water, the word 'water (jal)' refers to water in tanks or wells and does not refer to the flowing water of the river. Indeed, if a grant of the river including it flowing water is intended to be made, the Sanad would have definitely used the word 'river (nadi)', because it is well-known that when rivers, drains or culverts are intended to be gifted, the Sanads usually use the words 'nadi and nalla.' Therefore, on a plain construction of the relevant words used in the Sanad, there can be no doubt that what is conveyed to the grantee by the Sanad is stationary of static water in the ponds or wells and not the flowing water of the river, S.N. Ranade v. Union of India, AIR 1964 SC 24 (27): (1964) 1 SCR 885.

1. The transparent liquid that is a chemical compound of hydrogen and Oxygen (H2O)

2. A body of this liquid, as in a stream, river, lake, or ocean, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1585.