Tag: Water Courses
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Avulsion
Removal by the perceptible action of a river or watercourse , of the soil belonging to one man and joining the same to that of another. Differs from accretion or alluvion in that in cases of avulsion the owner ship of the soil so removed does not change . A sudden and perceptible […]
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Avulsion
Removal by the perceptible action of a river or watercourse , of the soil belonging to one man and joining the same to that of another. Differs from accretion or alluvion in that in cases of avulsion the owner ship of the soil so removed does not change . A sudden and perceptible […]
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Accretion
English Legal System: AccretionIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Accretion : The process by which new land formations are legally assimilated to old by a change in the flow of a water channel. In contrast to *avulsion, this process […]
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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, ÃÂâÂÂÃÂç 20; 3 Barn. & C.…
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Alveus
(Lat.) The bed or channel through which the stream flows when it runs within Its ordinary channel. Calv. Lex. Alveus derelictus, a deserted channel. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 280. …