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Alluvion or Alluvio [fr. alluo, Lat.], land imperceptibly gained from the sea or the river by the washing up of sand and soil so as to form terra firma, 2 Bl. Com. 261; res. Cotidian' Dig. 40, tit. 1, s. 7. See ACCRETION, and Hindson v. Ashby, (1896) 2 Ch 1.