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AVULSION [4 records]

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Record 1 2012-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

Removal, by the sudden and perceptible action of water, of soil from one person's land and its deposit on another's. Ownership of such soil does not change, as is general in the case of accretion. (Curzon, 1983, p. 31).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

avulsion : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A sudden cutting off or separation of land by a flood or by an 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.

OBS

Legally, the part thus cut off or separated belongs to the original owner.

OBS

avulsion: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Séparation d'une étendue de terrain par l'action d'un cours d'eau créant ainsi un nouveau passage pour l'écoulement.

OBS

avulsion : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Brecha a través de las orillas de un curso de agua que forma un nuevo cauce o brazo.

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Record 3 2004-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine
DEF

A forcible tearing or wrenching away of a part.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina
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Record 4 2003-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
CONT

... when the current of a river, creek or torrent segregates from an estate on its bank a known portion of land and transfers it to another estate, the process is called avulsion. In accretion, the deposit of land is gradual; in avulsion, the addition is abrupt. In the former, the increase is not identifiable; in the latter, the detached portion of land can be identified. If the detached portion remains recognizable, the ownership remains in the original owner but the jurisdiction passes to the estate to whose territory it becomes attached.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
DEF

Phénomène naturel qui, par la force subite d'un cours d'eau, transporte certaines terres du territoire d'un autre État.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
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