alluvion
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vi noun
1.
Law. a gradual increase of land on a shore or a river bank by the action of water, whether from natural or artificial causes.
2.
overflow; flood.
3.
Now Rare. alluvium.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. the wash of the sea or of a river |
| b. an overflow or flood | |
| c. matter deposited as sediment; alluvium | |
| 2. | law the gradual formation of new land, as by the recession of the sea or deposit of sediment on a riverbed |
| [C16: from Latin alluviō an overflowing, from luere to wash] | |
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In common practice the terms alluvion and accretion have been used almost interchangeably.
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