Meanings
plural alluvions
- countableuncountablelawThe increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.
The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee.
1826, William Christy, A Digest of Martin's Reports1 more example
It was Settled at that period, that alluvions must belong to the riparious owner, according to this natural maxim, that the profit belongs to him who is exposed to suffer the damage, with which riparious property is threatened, no more than any other.
1809, John Elihu Hall, The American Law Journal and Miscellaneous Repertory
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land
nounclay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinalluviō
- Englishalluvion
Borrowed from Latin alluviō.
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