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n. (Law) (a) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. (b) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. derelictio. ] 1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cession or dereliction, actual or tacit, of other powers. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment. [ 1913 Webster ]

A total dereliction of military duties. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The state of being left or abandoned. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. relicta, fr. of relictus, p. p. of relinquere to leave behind. See Relinquish. ] A woman whose husband is dead; a widow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. relictus, p. p. ] (Law) Left uncovered, as land by recession of water. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]