Legal Definition and Related Resources of Alluvion
Meaning of Alluvion
That increase of the earth on a shore or bank of a river by the force of the water, as by a current or by waves, which is so gradual that no one can judge how much is added at each moment of time. Inst. 1. 2, tit. 1, § 20; 3 Barn. & C. 91; Code Civil Annote, note 556. See “Accretion;” “Reliction.”
What does Alluvion mean in American Law?
The definition of Alluvion in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
When riparian land is augmented by accretion the new material is properly called “alluvion.” The new land (i.e., not just the process) is also often called “accretion.” “Alluvion” is also sometimes used to describe the augmentation caused by avulsion. See also accession.
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Synonyms of Alluvion
noun
- batture
- deposit
- deposition
- residuary
- sediment
- settlement
- settlings
- Associated Concepts: accretion
- alluvial accretion
- alluvial land
- riparian lands
- riparian rights
Concept of Alluvion (alluvium, Alluvial) in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Alluvion (alluvium, Alluvial): Deposits formed by accretion.
Concept of Alluvion (alluvium, Alluvial) in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Alluvion (alluvium, Alluvial): Deposits formed by accretion.
Concept of “Alluvio, Alluvion”
Traditional meaning of alluvio, alluvion in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Natural increase of land by a gradual deposit on a river bank or sea shore. Applied to the deposit itself; see ACCRETION; AVULSION; 64 IU. 58; 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 262; 3 Kent, 428; Robinson’s Elementary Law Rev. ed.; § 116. Alluvio maris: Accretion to land by the washing of the sea. Jure alluvionis: by the right of alluvion.
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Notes and References
- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Alluvio, Alluvion”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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Meaning of Alluvion
In this law dictionary, the legal term alluvion is a kind of the Louisiana law class.
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