Meaning of alluvion | Babel Free

Definitions

The increase in the area of land due to the deposition of sediment (alluvium) by a river.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

CEFR level