Derelict
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Abandoned; deserted; cast away. Land left uncovered by the receding of water from its former bed.
2 Ro Ue, Abr. 170; 2 Bl. Comm. 262; 1 Crabb, Real Prop. 109.
When so left by degrees, the derelict land belongs to the owner of the soil adjoining; but when the sea retires suddenly, it belongs to the government.
2 Bl. Comm. 262; 1 Brown, Civ. Law, 239; 1 Sumn. (U. S.) 328, 490; 1 Gall (U. S.) 133; Bee, Adm. (U. S.) 62, 178, 260; Ware (U. S.) 332.
Personal property abandoned or thrown away by the owner in such manner as to indicate that he intends to make no further claim thereto.
2 Bl. Comm. 9; 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 9; 1 C. B. 112; Broom, Leg. Max. Vessel 261.
DERELICTION (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 Rolle, Abr. 170; Dyer, 326b; 2 Bl. Comm. 262; 1 Steph. Comm. 419. The abandonment of property.
2 Bl. Comm. 9.
DERIVATIVA POTESTAS NON POTEST esse major primitiva. The power which Is derived cannot be greater than that from which it is derived.
Wingate, Max. 36; Finch, Law, bk. 1, c. 3, p. 11.