Alluvion

[Lat. alluvio, q. v.] In the common law. The gradual washing up of sand and earth by a stream or the sea, so as in time to form land (terra firma,) where none existed before; the imperceptible increase or gain of land from water by this process. Bract. fol.

9 a. 2 Bl. Com. 261, 262.

3 Kent's Com. 428, and notes.

Schultes' Aquatic Rights, 116. Broom's Max. 71. 1 Crabb's Real Prop. 109, § 105.