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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Land made by the recession of the water by which it was previously covered. See 186 111. 235, 78 Am. St. Rep. 274, 57 N. E. 867.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An increase of the land by the sudden withdrawal or retrocession of the sea or a river. Hammond v. Shepard, 186 111. 235, 57 N. E. 867, 78 Am. St Rep. 274; Sapp v. Frazier, 51 La. Ann. 1718, 26 South. 378, 72 Ain. St Rep. 493.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A leaving; a leaving dry; a receding of the sea, by whicL land is left dry.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

The receding of the sea, whereby