(from de, and relinquio, "I leave"), in the civil law, are such goods as are wilfully thrown away, or relinquished by the owner.

DERELICT is also applied to such lands as the sea receding from leaves dry, and fit for cultivation. If they are left by a gradual reces of the sea, they are adjudged to belong to the owner of the adjoining lands; but when an island is formed in the sea, or a large quantity of new land appears, such derelict lands belong to the king.