Accretion
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. accretio, from accrescere, to grow to.] A growing to, adding to, increasing. Most commonly applied to the gradual and imperceptible accumulation and formation of soil, or land, out of the sea, or a river.
3 Kent's Com. 428.
See Alluvion.
See Alluvion.