Dereliction
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. derelictio.] The gaining of land from the water, in consequence of the sea shrinking back below the usual water mark; the opposite of alluvion, (q. v.) 2 Roll. Abr. 170.
Dyer, 326 b. 2 Bl. Com. 262. 1 Steph. Com. 419.
The abandonment of property.
2 Bl. Com. 9.