Drown
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To merge or sink; to extinguish by merging in something greater. "In some cases, a right of freehold shall drown in a chattel." Co. Litt. 266a, 321a. Perkins' Prof, bk. 9, §§ 584, 589. Estates in land are properly drowned or confounded when a lesser estate concurs with a greater in the same person, and in the same right. J. Steph. Procurations, 54. The reversionary interest coming to the possession drowns. Cruise, Dig. 4, 109.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
‘To mergeor sink. “In some cases a right of freehold shall drown in a chattel.” Co. Litt. 2664, 321e.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
To merge or sink. "In some cases a right of freehold shall droum in a chattel." Co. Litt. 266 a, 321 a.