avulsion
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 310 U.S. 563 - State of Arkansas v. State of Tennessee · 1940Most cited · 52 citing opinions
the doctrine that a boundary is unaltered by an avulsion and in such case, in the absence of prescription, the boundary no longer follows the thalweg but remains at the original line although now on dry land because the old channel has filled up
How often courts cite the cases defining “avulsion”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “avulsion” — 69 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1940–1944
a sudden or avulsive change in that course does not move the boundary, but leaves it where the channel formerly had run