Similar to alluvion except that dereliction is not the land gained by the gradual deposit of land by the force of water; rather, deriliction is the exposure of land caused by the gradual retreat of a water line.
It is sometimes referred to as the opposite of alluvion.
In civil law, dereliction refers to goods permenantly abandoned by an owner; thus, similar to the term derelict of maritime law.
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