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Croft

Croft [A.S., fr. Creaft, Old Eng., handicraft, or croit, Gael., a hump], a little close adjoining to a dwelling house or homestead, and enclosed for pasture, or arable, or any particular use.

Rationabilibus divisis

Rationabilibus divisis, an abolished writ, which lay where two lords, in divers towns, had seigniories adjoining, for him who found his waste by little and little to have been encroached upon, against the other,

Royal Courts of Justice

High Court occupied courts at Lincoln's Inn, and the Queen's Bench and Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division Courts adjoining Westminster Hall. 'Guildhall Sittings' for the transaction of London City nisi prius business were also held in the

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Sewer

construct, purchase, or take on lease works, either within or without their district; and to agree with an adjoining authority for the communication of the sewers of their respective districts. Ss. 14 to 52 of the Public

Street-alignment

Street-alignment, means a line dividing the land comprised in and forming a part of a street from the adjoining land. [Madras City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919, s. 2(26)]

Vestry, or vestiary

Vestry, or vestiary, a place or room adjoining to a church, where the vestments of the minister are kept; also, a parochial assembly commonly convened in

Vicinage

Vicinage [fr. voisinage, Fr.], neighbourhood, or near dwelling; places adjoining. As to common because of vicinage, see 1 Steph.Com. Means the neighbourhood in which one is obligated not

Water and watercourse

quorum being one third of the whole number), to manage the supply of water within London and certain adjoining districts. The Act effected a transfer to the Board of the Undertakings and liabilities of each of the

Wharfinger

London Act, 1908, as follows: The expression 'wharfinger' means the occupier of a wharf, quay warehouse, or granary adjoining the Port of London mainly used for warehousing the goods, imported into the Port of London, of persons

Dangerous

a house to be dangerous if is sufficient if there is an apprehension of danger of injury to adjoining houses or their inhabitants or even to trespassers, and an owner may still be liable even though the

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