Alveus
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. The channel or bed of a river or stream.
Inst. 2. 1. 23.
Alveus derelictus; a deserted channel; the dry bed of a stream.
1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 280, §267.