A tract of land in the county of Kent, England, containing twenty-four thousand acres, governed by cer-tain ancient and equitable laws of sewers, composed by Henry de Bathe, a venerable judge in the reign of king Henry III.; from which laws all commissioners of sewers in England may receive light and direction. 3 Bl. Comm. 73, note t; 4 Inst 276
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
