A posthumous child is as much entitled to a distributary share, under the statute of distributions, as one that is born at the time of the death of its father […]
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Distributary
//di-ˈstri-byə-ˌter-ē//
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4 translations across 4 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- aftakking noun (a stream of water that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel)
Irish
1 entries- tréig-abhainn noun (a stream of water that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel)
Māori
1 entries- mātāhae noun (a stream of water that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel)
Spanish
1 entries- distributario noun (a stream of water that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel)
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[…] improving the channels in a distributary unit.
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These deposits are commonly punctuated by metre-scale fining-upward, medium-grained, cross-bedded sandstones, interpreted as terminal distributary channels.
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The bed of the distributary is at a slight elevation above that of the main canal, and in the latter is placed an ordinary check regulator controlled by flashboards […]
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