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Definition of: avulsion
(ə·vul′shən) noun
1. A pulling off or tearing away; forcible separation.
2. That which is torn away.
3. Law A sudden removal of the soil from the estate of one and its deposit upon or adjunction to the land of another by the violent action of water. The land thus torn away continues to be vested in the original owner. [<L avulsio, -onis <avellere. See AVULSE.]
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