PER ALLUVIONEM
\pɜːɹ ɐlˈuːva͡ɪˌɒnəm], \pɜːɹ ɐlˈuːvaɪˌɒnəm], \p_ɜː_ɹ ɐ_l_ˈuː_v_aɪ_ˌɒ_n_ə_m]\
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Lat. In the civil law. By alluvion, or the gradual and imperceptible increase arising from deposit by water. Per alluvionem id videtur adjici qnod ita paulatim adjicitnr nt intelligere non possnmns quantum quoquo momento temporis adjiciatur. That is said to be added by alluvion which is so added little by little that we cannot tell how much is added at any one moment of time. Dig. 41, 1, 7, 1; Fleta, 1. 3, c. 2,
By Henry Campbell Black
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