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Bayou

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A stream which is the outlet of a swamp near the sea. Applied to the creeks in the lowlands lying on the Gulf of Mexico.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A stream which is the outlet of a swamp near the sea. Applied to the creeks in the lowlands lying on the Gulf of Mexico.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A species of creek or stream common in Louisiana and Texas. An outlet from a swamp, pond or lagoon, to a river or the sea. See Surgett v. Lapice, 8 How. 48, 70, 12 In Ed. 982.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A species of creek or stream common in Louisiana and Texas, constituting an outlet from a swamp, pond or lagoon, to a river, or the sea.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A species of creek or stream common in Louisiana and Texas. An outlet from a swamp, pond, or lavoun, toa river, or the sea. See 8 How. 48, 70.