What is DRIFT? Definition of DRIFT in Black's Law Dictionary – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
v. To float or be driven along by or as a current of water or air; to accumulate in heaps by the force of the wind; to be driven into heaps, as snow or sand drifts. State ex rel. Perkins v. Hardwick, 144 Kan. 3, 57 P.2d 1231, 1234.
n. In mining law. An underground passage driven horizontally along the course of a mineralized vein or approximately so. Distinguished from "shaft," which is an opening made at the surface and extending downward into the earth vertically, or nearly so, upon the vein or intended to reach it; and from "tunnel," which is a lateral or horizontal passage underground intended to reach the vein or mineral deposit, where drifting may begin. Jurgenson v. Diller, 114 Cal. 491, 46 P. 610, 55 Am.St.Rep. 83; Empire Star Mines Co. v. Butler, 62 Cal.App.2d 49, 145 P.2d 49, 63.
In old English law. A driving, especially of cattle.
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