A sudden cutting off or separation of land by a flood or by abrupt change in the course of a stream, as by a stream breaking through a meander or by a sudden change in current whereby the stream deserts its old channel for a new one Compare - crevasse, flood-plain splay GG
The removal, by the perceptible action of a river or watercourse, of the soil belonging to one person and joining the same to that of another The change is not gradual and ownership of the soil does not change as happens with accretion [4]
Usually caused when a muscle is forcefully stretched beyond its freely available range of motion, or when it meets a sudden unexpected resistance while contracting forcefully Can also occur in ligament injuries, where the insertion of the ligament may pull some bone off when it is damaged
The sudden tearing away of land, as by earthquake, flood, volcanic action or the sudden change in the course of a stream balance The appraisal principle that states that the greatest value in a property will occur when the type and size of the improvements are proportional to each other as well as the land
A sudden loss or gain of land as the result of action of water or a shift in a bed of a river which has been used as a boundary by property owners If land is lost as a result of avulsion the riparian owner does not lose title to the land that has been lost; the boundary lines remain the same This is not true when land is lost by erosion
The sudden washing away of land and its deposit on land belonging to another Ownership is determined by original boundaries
The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner
The sudden tearing away of land, as by earthquake, flood, volcanic action, or the sudden change in the course of a stream
A sudden change in the bed of a river used as a boundary by property owners which conveys no new land
when a muscle is forcefully stretched beyond its freely-available range of motion, or when it meets a sudden unexpected resistance while contracting forcefully
an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
Removal of land from one owner to another when a stream suddenly changes its channel
The sudden removal of land of one owner and depositing on the land of another when a stream changes its channel
a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
A river's sudden change in flow alignment out from its previous left and right banks to a new channel, leaving an identifiable upland area between the abandoned channel and the new channel The new flow alignment will generally be a shortcut in channel length because of hydraulic considerations The U S Supreme Court in Iowa v Nebraska 143 US 359 distinguished avulsion from rapid erosion, but some State courts have established different definitions See Goins v Merryman 183 Okla 155 Frequently the elements of sudden and perceptible changes are included in the definitions See ACCRETION, AVULSION*
The sudden tearing away or removal of land by action of water flowing over or through it
1 An abrupt change in the course of a stream or river, generally from one channel to a new one In this meaning, the change is considered more extensive than the cutoff of a meander or similar local change in channel position 2 Any sudden cutting off or separation of land or abrupt change in the course of a stream, generally by breaking through the stream banks during a flood, including the formation of a cutoff meander
The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another
(1) Rapid EROSION of the shoreland by WAVES during a storm (2) A sudden cutting off of land by flood, currents, or change in course of a body of water