alluvion
A gradual increase or decrease in land that will change the property lines (for example, as when a stream that serves as a property line slowly changes course). Compare to avulsion (a sudden change which will not alter the property boundry). See accretion.
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary
An increase in one's land from soil deposited on the shoreline by natural action of a stream, river, bay, or ocean. Compare: accretion
Definition provided by Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
August 19, 2010, 5:11 pm
