Definition of "alluvion" [al•lu•vi•on]

• See alluvium. (noun)
• The flow of water against a shore or bank. (noun)
• Inundation by water; flood. (noun)
• Law The increasing of land area along a shore by deposited alluvium or by the recession of water. (noun)

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• "The accessions, which are made to land, bordering upon rivers, follow the land, say the civilians, provided it be made by what they call alluvion, that is, insensibly and imperceptibly; which are circumstances, that assist the imagination in the conjunction."
• "The accessions, which are made to lands bordering upon rivers, follow the land, say the civilians, provided it be made by what they call alluvion, that is, Insensibly and Imperceptibly; which are circumstances that mightily assist the imagination in the conjunction."
• "The soil of the alluvion is warm, rich and productive; that of the uplands rather wet and cold, but excellent for pasture and meadow."