LEGAL WORD

Public trust doctrine

Doctrine · Environmental law

Public trust doctrine

  • Type: Doctrine
  • Area of law: Environmental law

1 What it means

The State holds natural resources like rivers and forests in trust for the public and cannot hand them over for private use.

2 Use it in a sentence

Leasing the riverbed to a resort violated the public trust doctrine.

3 Make it stick

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