- The forcible tearing away of a body part by trauma or surgery.
- The sudden movement of soil from one property to another as a result of a flood or a shift in the course of a boundary stream.
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a·vul·sion (ə-vŭl'shən) ![]() |
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Sudden removal of land from one parcel to another, when a body of water, such as a river, abruptly changes its channel. See also Accretion.
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The sudden removal of land from one parcel to another, when a body of water, such as a river, abruptly changes its channel. Contrast with

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The slicing off of a meander, so that the river course becomes straighter, and an ox-bow lake is left behind.
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The immediate and noticeable addition to land caused by its removal from the property of another, by a sudden change in a water bed or in the course of a stream.
When a stream that is a boundary suddenly abandons its bed and seeks a new bed, the boundary line does not change. It remains in the center of the original bed even if water no longer flows through it. This is known as the rule of avulsion.
Avulsion is not the same as accretion or alluvion, the gradual and imperceptible buildup of land by the continuous activity of the sea, a river, or by other natural causes.
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The tearing away of a structure or part.
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Avulsion in general refers to a tearing away. Specifically, it can refer to:
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| Translations: Avulsion |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - afrivning, voldelig fjernelse
Nederlands (Dutch)
afscheuring, plotselinge verschuiving van land (naar andermans erf)
Français (French)
n. - (Méd) avulsion
Deutsch (German)
n. - Abreißen , (jur.) Abschwemmen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόσπαση, εκρίζωση, (μηχαν.) βίαιος αποχωρισμός (κν. ξεμασκάλισμα), (νομ.) προσάρτηση (γης κτλ. χωρίς μεταβολή της κυριότητας)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - avulsão (f) (Jur.), separação (f), extração (f)
Русский (Russian)
отрыв, разрыв
Español (Spanish)
n. - avulsión, extracción súbita y violenta
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - lösryckning
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
扯开, 扯离的部份, 撕裂
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 扯開, 扯離的部份, 撕裂
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잡아 찢기, 자연 분리
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 引き裂くこと, 自然分離
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) فصل, نزع
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ניתוק, הפרדה, סחף פתאומי של אדמה
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