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1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World ix. 255 Rivers run from the higher parts of the Earth,..the Main Ocean into which they run is some lower part of the Cortex therof, which is the fittest Alveus to receiv it; and therefore it is called the Deep.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 164 This Mass of Water fell back again..into the Alveus of the Ocean.

a1749 P. Cockburn Enq. into Truth Mosaic Deluge (1750) ii. ii. 242 That prodigious bulk of earth thus scooped up by the descent of the waters must have been at last carried into the alveus of the ocean.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. iii. 8 The Showre, the Seamen say, observes the River, and flows along with it as in its own alveus.

1767 A. Lockhart Proof adduced, in Process, Thomas Lillie against William Turnet 20 These Holes are placed as low as the Channel or Alveus of the River.

1860 J. Phillips Life on Earth 127 The estuarine alveus continually sinking, and continually receiving additions of fresh sediment.

1863 MacQueen's Rep. (1866) 4 548 The right to put a stake or stents in the alveus of the river.

1921 Law Notes Aug. 97/2 The right of an owner of the land, on or near a river, to protect himself from floods, is well settled; but of course he must not obstruct the alveus of a river.

1939 A. T. Glegg & J. L. Duncan Law Reparation in Scotl. (ed. 3) xiv. 307 Overflow water must also be taken into account in making works which are clear of the alveus.

2004 Estates Gaz. (Nexis) 30 Oct. 147 It was held that the rule applies only to defence works that do not alter the alveus—the established watercourse—as opposed to the flood plain.