Legal Dictionary

Tag: Waters

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.…

  • Alveus

    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. …