Definition of DIVERSION in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DIVERSION
A turning aside or altering the natural course of a thing. The term is chiefly applied to the unauthorized changing the course of a water course to the prejudice of a lower proprietor, Archer v. City of Los Angeles, 19 Ca1.2d 19, 119 P.2d 1, 5; Syret v. Tropic & East Fork Irr. Co., 97 Utah 56, 89 P.2d 474, 475; or to unauthorized or illegal use of corporate funds; Farracy v. Security Nat. Bank of Dallas, Tex., 4 S.W.2d 331, 3354 Hornstein v. Paramount Pictures, 37 N.Y.S. 2d 404, 407; of estate or trust funds; Bray Bros. v. Marine Trust Co. of Buffalo, 35 N.Y.S.2d 356; or of alcohol. U. S. v. Hartford Ace. & Indem. Co., D.C.Md., 15 F.Supp. 791, 801.
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