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Avulsion

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000639

A sudden and perceptible change in the course of a river or stream that forms the boundary between two properties. This event results in the rapid detachment of land from one bank and its addition to the other. Unlike accretion, avulsion does not alter the boundary line between the affected parcels.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000639
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000639",
  "term": "Avulsion",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A sudden and perceptible change in the course of a river or stream that forms the boundary between two properties. This event results in the rapid detachment of land from one bank and its addition to the other. Unlike accretion, avulsion does not alter the boundary line between the affected parcels.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/avulsion/"
}

Record 430 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.