Alloy
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
is an inferior « ~ametal used with gold and silver in making coin or public money.
The act of congress of 2d of April, 1792, sect.
12, directs that the standard for all gald coins of the United States, shall be eleven parts fine to one part alloy; and sect. 13, that the standard for all silver coins of the United States, shall be one thousand four hundred and eighty-five parts fine, to one hundred and seventy-nine parts alloy.
1 Story’s L. U. S. 230.
ALLUVION is the additions made to land by the washing of the sea or fivers. The characteristic of much ‘is added in each moment of time. What is taken from one side is usually carried on the opposite bank; in cases where the change is so gradual as not to be perceived in any one moment of time, the proprietor whose bank pn the river is increased is entitled to the addition. Alluvion differs from avulsion, (q. v-) in the latter the change is sudden and perceptible. See 2 Bl. Com. 262, and note.by Chitty; 1 Swift’s Dig. 111; Coop. Just. lib.
2, t. 1; Angell on Water Courses, 219; 3 Mass. R. 352; 1 Gill & Johns. R. 249; Schultes on Aq. Rights, 116; 2 Amer. Law Journ. 282, 393; Angell on Tide Waters, 213.