Seaweed

A species of grass which grows in the sea. When cast upon land, it belongs to the owner of the land adjoining the seashore, upon the grounds that it increases gradually, that it is useful as manure and i a protection to the ground, and that it is some compensation for the encroachment of the sea upon the land. 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 313, 323. See 5 Vt. 223. The French differs from our law in this respect, as seaweeds there, when cast on the beach, belong to the first occupant. Dalloz, "Propriete," art. 3, § 2, note 128.

A species of grass which grows in the sea. When east upon land, it belongs to the owner of the land adjoining the sea-shore, upon the grounds that it increases gradually, that it is useful as manure and a protection to the ground, and that it is some compensation for the encroachment of the sea upon the land; 3 B. & Ad. 967; Emans v. Turnbull, 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 313, 3 Am. Dec. 427. See Rogers v. Judd, 5 Yt. 223, 26 Am. Dec. 299; Hall v. Lawrence, 2 R. I. 218, 57 Am. Dec. 715. But when cast upon the shore between high and low water mark it belongs to the public and may be lawfully appropriated by any person; Mather v. Chapman, 40 Conn. 382, 16 Am. Rep. 54. See Alluvion.