ALLUVIO MARIS
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
Origin: Historical
Lat. In the civil and old English law. The washing up of the sea; formation of soil or land from the sen; maritime increase. Hale, Anal. § 8 “Allucvio maris is an increase of the land adjoining, by the projection of the sea, casting up and adding sand and slubb to the adjoining land, whereby it is increased, and for the most part by insensible degrees.” Hale, de
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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