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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 125 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACCRETION (from
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Lat. ad, to, and crescere, to grow)  , an addition to that which already exists; increase in any substance by the addition of particles from the outside . In
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law, the
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term is used for the increase of
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property caused by
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gradual natural additions, as on a
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river
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bank or seashore .

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