Erosion

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The gradual eating away of the soil by the operation of currents or tides. 100 N. Y. 433. It is distinguished from submergence (q. v.), and opposed to alluvion (q. v.)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Gradual washing away by tides or currents. See 100 N. Y. 433, 53 Am. Rep. 206, 3 N. E. 581.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The gradual eating away of the soil by the operation of currents or tides. Mulry v. Norton, 100 N. Y. 433, 3 N. E. 5S1, 53 Am. Rep. 206. See Riparian Proprietor; Accretion.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The gradual eating away of the soil by the operation of currents or tides. Distinguished from submergence, which is the disappearance of the soil under the water and the formation of a navigable body over it. Mulry v. Norton, 100 N. Y. 433, 3 N. E. 584, 53 Am. Rep. 206.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The gradual eating away of the soil by the operation of currents or tides. Distinguished from s«bmergence, which is the disappearance of the soil under the water and the formation of a navigable body over it. 100 N. Y. 433, 3 N. E. Rep. 584.