Avulsion

[Sarah]

The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one manto that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a suddenchange in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of oneman is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property inthe part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner.Wharton. Burrill.

[Sarah]

-noun

1. an ex-member of the now defunct Roadrunner Records message board.
2. a tearing away.
3. Law. the sudden removal of soil by change in a river's course or by a flood, from the land of one owner to that of another.
4. a part torn off.