Batture
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sea bed or a river bed that has been raised or elevated.
"The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee."
Example
More examples"The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee."
Etymology
From French batture. Doublet of batter.
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