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Definition of Accretions
1. accretion [n] - See also: accretion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accretions
Literary usage of Accretions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Law and Procedure by James Parker Hall, James De Witt Andrews (1910)
"CHAPTER ORIGINAL ACQUISITION: accretions. § 172. accretions defined. accretions are
the imperceptible increase in land where it borders upon the sea, ..."
2. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"Alluvium and accretions. — If land dedicated to a city for public use is bounded
by a river, the city has all the rights and privileges of a riparian ..."
3. The Law of Operations Preliminary to Construction in Engineering and by John Cassan Wait (1900)
"accretions to Public Streets and Ways.—accretions to a public highway or land
reserved for public use partakes of the same nature, and the city holds title ..."
4. Manual of United States Surveying: System of Rectangular Surveying Employed by J H. Hawes (1873)
"It is a principle of the common law that alluvial accretions belong to ...
The principle governing alluvial accretions gives them to the adjoining owner. ..."
5. A Treatise on the Action of Ejectment and Concurrent Remedies for the by Martin L. Newell (1892)
"Rules to Partition accretions Between Riparian Owners.—1. ... Before a party can
set up his claim to accretions and the like he must first show that he owns ..."
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