Reliction
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