tide land

tide land definition - legal

n

Land that is between the extremes of the normal high and low tides, and which is covered by high tide, but exposed at low tide. The limit of tideland is usually set at the arithmetic mean high tide. See also avulsion and reliction.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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