dereliction

dereliction
der·e·lic·tion /ˌder-ə-'lik-shən/ n
1 a: an intentional abandonment
b: a state of being abandoned
2: a recession of water leaving permanently dry land
3: an intentional or conscious neglect

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

dereliction
I noun abandonment, breach, carelessness, culpa, default, defection, delinquency, desertion, disregard, dutilessness, evasion, failure in duty, faithlessness, heedlessness, indifference, laxity, laxness, misprision, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, noncooperation, nonfeasance, nonobservence, nonperformance, omission, relinquishment, remissness, truancy, unconcern, unfaithfulness associated concepts: dereliction of duty, moral dereliction II index abandonment (desertion), abortion (fiasco), bad faith, blame (culpability), breach, contempt (disobedience to the court), crime, culpability, default, delinquency (misconduct), failure (falling short), fault (responsibility), laches, lapse (expiration), laxity, malfeasance, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance, neglect, negligence, nonfeasance, omission, transgression, vice, violation, wrong

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


dereliction
1) Abandoning possession, which is sometimes used in the phrase "dereliction of duty." It includes abandoning a ship, which then becomes a derelict which salvagers can board.
2) Increase of land due to gradual lowering of a tide line (which means the land is building up).
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


dereliction
n.
1 The committing of a breach, typically of a duty.
2 An increase in land caused by the recession of sea, river, or other body of water formerly covering it. Ownership is a function of how rapidly the water receded.
See also reliction.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

dereliction
n.
   1) abandoning possession, which is sometimes used in the phrase "dereliction of duty." It includes abandoning a ship, which then becomes a "derelict" which salvagers can board.
   2) an old expression for increase of land due to gradual lowering of a tide line (which means the land is building up).
   See also: derelict

Law dictionary. . 2013.

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