Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    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.