Alluvio

That which is washed to a place. Alluvio maris. The washing of the sea. Jure alluvionis. By right of alluvion. See Alluvion.

Lat. [from alluere, to wash against, or upon.] In the civil law. A gradual deposit of soil made by a stream upon a piece of ground; in which case, upon the principle of accession, ^q. v.) the proprietor of the land becomes also proprietor of the soil deposited. 1 Maekeld, Civ, Law, 280, § 267. Ifhst. 2. 1. 20. Est alluvio incrementum latens; alluvion is an imperceptible increase. Id. j^roc/. fol. 9 a. It ism this respect distinguished from avulsio, or vis fluminis. Inst. 2. 1. 2L. See Avulsion, This term has been adopted in the common law under the name of alluvion, (q. v.)

belonging to a deluge or alluvion; as alluvial sotl, i. e. soil that has been brought to other lands by means of floods.