RIVAL  , one who competes with another, one who strives to out-do or excel another or to gain an See also:

• OBJECT

object or end before or in preference to, another . The Latin rivalis, which. was in classical Latin used of a competitor in love, meant by derivation one who used the same See also:

• BROOK

brook or stream (rivus) as another, hence a See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour; thus in the See also:

• DIGEST

Digest, xliii . 20, i . 26, " si inter rivales, id est qui per eundem rivum aquam ducunt, sit contentio de See also:

• AQUAE (Lat. for "waters'')

aquae usu." The See also:

• TERM

term naturally applied more particularly to those who lived on opposite sides of a stream which would be a frequent subject of dispute as to rights .