Arizona Laws 45-206. Widening and extending lateral ditches; definition
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A. A person owning an interest in common with another person in a lateral ditch constructed and used for irrigating, mining, milling or other useful and lawful purpose, may widen, deepen, border up or extend the lateral ditch by paying to his associates, and to the owner of the land through which the lateral ditch passes, a just compensation for damages to the land or growing crop occasioned by widening, deepening, bordering up or extending the lateral ditch.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-206
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. "Lateral ditch" as used in this section means a private ditch leading from a main ditch or any of its branches receiving water from a river or original source of supply.