Definition and Citations:
Belonging to the shore, as of seas and great lakes. Webster. Corre- sponding to riparian proprietors on a stream or small pond are littoral proprietors on a sea or lake. But “riparian” is also used co- extensively with “littoral.” Commonwealth v. Alger, 7 Cush. (Mass.) 04. See Boston v. Lecraw, 17 IIow. 420, 15 L. Ed. US.