Litura
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In civil law
An obliteration or blot in a will or other instrument.
Dig. 28. 4. 1. 1.
LITUS EST QUOUSQUE MAXIMUS fluctus a mari pervenit. The shore is where LITUS MARIS (Lat.) In Civil Law. Shore; beach. Qim fluctus eluderet. Cic. Top. c.
7.
Qua fluctus adludit. Quinct. lib.
5, c. ult.
Quousque maximus fluctus a mari pervenit.
Celsus
Said to have been first so defined by Cicero, in an award as arbitrator.
L. 92, D, de verb, signif.
Qua maximus fluctus exaestuat.
L. 112, D., eod. tit.
Quatenas hihernus fluctus maximus excurrit. Inst. lib.
2, de rer. divis. et qual. § 3.
That is to say, as far as the largest winter wave runs up. Vocab. At Common Law. The shore between common high-water mark and low-water mark. Hale de Jur. Mar. cc.
4, 5, 6; 3 Kent, Comm. 427; 2 Billiard, Real Prop. 90.
Shore is also used of a river.
5 Wheat. (U. S.) 385; 20 Wend. (N. Y.) 149. See 13 How. (U. S.) 381; 28 Me. 180; 14 Pa. St. 171.