Avulsion definition:
The removal of land from one real property and its deposit on the property of another, by the sudden action of nature (eg. water or volcano).
Related Terms: Accretion, Alluvion, Dereliction ...
Avulsion Change in the border of two properties due to a sudden change in the natural course of a stream or river, such as a flood, when the border is defined by the channel of the waterway.
Avulsion
(n) Avulsion is the change or alterations of the boundaries or landmarks of a property occurred due to a sudden change in the natural existence of the environment at that place. Eg. Change of direction of river flow,2.
AVULSION - Where, by the immediate and manifest power of a river or stream, the soil is taken suddenly from one man's estate and carried to another. In such case the property belongs to the first owner.
Avulsion:
Land accretion that occurs by the erosion or addition of one's land by the sudden and unexpected change in a river stream such as a flash flood.
Avunculus:
Latin: a mother's brother. "Avuncular" refers to an uncle.
The washing up of soil is often called avulsion although the latter term is but a variety of accretion. TOP Acquiescence : Action or inaction which binds a person legally even though it was not intended as such.
1) in real estate, the increase of the actual land on a stream, lake or sea by the action of water which deposits soil upon the shoreline. Accretion is Mother Nature's little gift to a landowner. Compare to avulsion and alluvion.
ACCRETION. The increase of land by the washing of the seas or rivers. Hale, De Jure Maris, 14. Vide Alluvion; Avulsion.
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