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Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

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.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A blot on a writing.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Civil Law. An obliteration or blot in a will or other Instrument.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat.

In the civil law. An obliteration or blot in a will or other instrument. Dig. 28, 4, 1, 1.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I.

In the civil law. An obliteration or blot in a written instrument