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Landfall [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A sudden translation of property in land by the death of a rich man.

2. In seamen's language, the first land discovered after a voyage.

Landfall [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of its owner.

2. Sighting or making land when at sea.