Four Corners
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Four-corners, of an instrument; that which is contained on the face of a deed, without any aid from knowledge of the circumstances under which it is made, is said to be 'within its four corners,' because every deed is still supposed to be written on one entire skin, and so tohave but four corners.
The face of a written instrument, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 667.
The face of a written instrument, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 667.
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