 | William Blackstone - Law - 1791 - 566 pages
...firma ; or by dereli£lion t as when the fea fhrinks back below the ufual watermark ; in thefe cafes the law is held to be, that if this gain be by little and little, by fmall and imperceptible degrees, it mail go to the owner of the land adjoining °. For de mlnimls non... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1794 - 700 pages
...firma •, or by Jereliffon, as . when the fea fhrinks back below the ufual watermark ; in thefe cafes the law is held to be, that if this gain be by little and little, by fmall and imperceptible degrees, it {hall go to the owner of the land adjoining °. For de minimis... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...Jirma ; or by rfcre/iaioii, as when the fea (brinks back below the ufual water-mark ; in thefe cafes the law is held to be, that if this gain be by little and little, by firull and imperceptible de-' grées, it 0-all go to the owner of the land adjoining. for Je minimit... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 698 pages
...terra firma ,or by dereliction, as when the sea shrinks back below the usual watermark ; in these cases the law is held to be, that if this gain be by little and little, by small and imperceptible degrees, i L 2. c. 2. m Inst. 2. 1. 18. k Iim.3. 1. S3. • o Bract. L 2. c. 3. Ctdlimf sc-wer?. 2J. it shall... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 pages
...or by tíere/ifíiorí, as1 when the fea íhrinks back below the ufual water mark ; in thefe cafes the law is held to be, that if this gain be by little a;id little, by fmall and imperceptible degrees, it (hau go to the owner of the land adjoining. For... | |
 | John Elihu Hall - Law - 1814 - 592 pages
...washing up of sand and earth, so as in time to make terra jirma, or by dereliction &c.: in these cases the law is held to be, that if this gain be by little...it shall go to the owner of the land adjoining."* The same law (he says, a little below) applies to a river. Now as land, in the English law, means every... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 778 pages
...terra frma; or by dereliflion, as when the fea {brinks back below the ufual water-mat k; in thefe cafes the law is held to be, that if this gain be by little and little, by fmall and imperceptible degrees, it fhall go to the owner of the land adjoining. For de minitnij nan... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 886 pages
...ßrma; or by dereliction, as * when the sea shrinks back below the usual water-mark ; in these cases the law is held to be, that if this gain be by little and little, by small and imperceptible def-ees, it shall go to the owner of the land adjoining, or de minimi's non curât lex : and, besides,... | |
 | George Crabb - Industrial arts - 1823 - 704 pages
...up of sand and earth ; or by dereliction, as when the sea shrinks back below the usual water-mark, the law is held to be that if this gain be by little and little, it shall go to the owner of the land adjoining. Prescription. Prescription, as distinguished from custom... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...Jirma ; or by dereliction, as when the sea shrinks back below the usual water-mark ; in these cases the law is held to be, that if this gain be by little...degrees, it shall go to the owner of the land adjoining °. For il.- minimi's non curat lex : and, besides, these owners, being often losers by the breaking... | |
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And as to lands gained from the sea, either by alluvion, by the washing up of sand and earth, so as in time to make terra firma; or by dereliction, as when the sea shrinks back below the usual... 
