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Article 557 of the French Civil Code

The same applies to the relays formed by running water which insensibly withdraws from one of its banks by bearing on the other: the owner of the uncovered bank benefits from the alluvium, without the riparian on the opposite side being able to come and claim there the land he has lost.

This right does not arise with regard to the relays of the sea.

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Article 557

Il en est de même des relais que forme l’eau courante qui se retire insensiblement de l’une de ses rives en se portant sur l’autre : le propriétaire de la rive découverte profite de l’alluvion, sans que le riverain du côté opposé y puisse venir réclamer le terrain qu’il a perdu.

Ce droit n’a pas lieu à l’égard des relais de la mer.

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