Definition of Accretions

1. Noun. (plural of accretion) ¹

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Definition of Accretions

1. accretion [n] - See also: accretion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accretions

accretes
accreting
accretio cordis
accretion
accretion disc
accretion discs
accretion disk
accretion disks
accretion lines
accretion of lithosphere
accretion shock
accretional
accretionary
accretionary growth
accretions (current term)
accretive
accretor
accretors
accrew
accrewed
accrewing
accrews
accriminate
accriminated
accriminates
accriminating
accrimination
accriminations
accroach

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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