Latin for Lawyers

A VINCULO MATRIMONII

A VINCULO MATRIMONII To be freed from the chains or fetters of matrimony; an absolute and final divorce. See A MENSA ET THORO AVULSION [L. avellere / to tear away] The sudden or precipitate shift in the flow of a stream or other body of water resulting in a change in the affected land boundaries; the resulting displace ment of land from one property owner to another. Distinguished from accre tion , which describes the gradual deposit or movement of sand or soil from one side of a stream or body of water to the other. The distinction between the two is that the land acquired as the result of avulsion remains the property of the original owner, whereas land acquired through accretion does not. See ALLUVION and ACCRETION AXIOM [L. axioma / a worthy thing (from the Greek)] An established rule or principle; an accepted truth.

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