Legal Definition and Related Resources of Batture

(Fr. shoals, shallows). An elevation of the bed of a river under the surface of the water; but it is sometimes used to signify the same elevation when it has risen above the surface. 6 Mart. (La.) 19, 216. The term “battures” is applied principally to certain portions of the bed of the river Mississippi, which are left dry when the water is low, and are covered again, either in whole or in part, by the annual swells.

What does Batture mean in American Law?

The definition of Batture in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

Solid material that aggregates under water, forming something like a shoal which may or may not be covered at low water. If the batture if not covered even at high water, it becomes an island. If it is against the bank and ceases to be covered, it becomes alluvion, i.e., land added to the bank by accretion.

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