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A plow-man; a farmer of ara-ble land Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. A plow of land; a plow-land; as much land as could be tilled with one plow, whis-haw Source: […]

In feudal law. To make oath in the church or some other holy place. All oaths were made in the church upon […]

Plow-lands. Land fit for the plow. Denoting the character of land, rath-er than its condition. Spelman Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Rights which indl-vlduals have to the use of the sea and rivers, for the purpose of fishing and navigation, and also to […]

They plowed. A term of feudal law, applied to those who held by the tenure of plowing and tilling the lord’s lands […]

A civil law easement or servitude, consisting in the right of one whose house is surrounded with other buildings to cast waste […]

A canal, ditch, or water-course running through marshy grounds. A mark or gauge placed in or on the banks of a running […]

In the civil and old English law. water; sometimes a stream or water-course Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the civil law. A servitude which consists in the right to draw water from the fountain, pool, or spring of another. […]

Fit for a husband; marriageable; a woman who has reached marriageable years Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Among the acts; among the recorded proceedings. In the civil law, this phrase is applied to appeals taken orally, in the presence […]

Belonging to; acces-sory or Incident to; adjunct, appended, or annexed to; answering to aceessorium in the civil law. 2 Steph. Comm. 30 […]

In Spanish law. Approvement, or improvement and enjoyment of public lands. As applied to pueblo lands, it has particular reference to the […]

In the civil law. A drlv-ing to, as of cattle to water. Dig. 8, 3, 1, 1 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an append-age; something annexed to another thing more worthy as principal, and which posses […]

L. Fr. To approve or prove; to vouch. Kelham Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To take to one's use or profit. Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Notes indorsed by another person than the maker, for additional security. Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

By the common law, approvement is said to he a species of confession, aud incident to the arraignment of a prisoner indicted […]

The act of a judge or magistrate in sanctioning and accepting as satisfactory a bond, security, or other in-strumeut which is required […]

To take to one's proper and separate use. To improve; to enhance the value or profits of anything. To inclose and cultivate […]

The act of appro-printiug or setting apart; prescribing the destination of a thing; designating the use or application of a fund Source: […]

one who makes an appropriation; as, an appropriator of wa-ter. Lux v. Haggin, 69 Cal. 255, 10 Pac. 736 Source: Black's Law […]

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