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Home Dictionary Name: vicinityVicinity
Vicinity, the word vicinity is a term of relative import and it must be understood in its ordinary/dictionary meaning of the neighbourhood of a place different from the place itself, Tahil Hussain v. State, AIR 1955 Cal 513: 49 Cal WN 999: (1955) Cr LJ 1336....
possession
possession 1 : the act, fact, or condition of having control of something: as a : actual possession in this entry b : constructive possession in this entry c : knowing dominion and control over a controlled substance or other contraband d in the civil law of Louisiana : the detention or enjoyment of a corporeal thing e : control or occupancy of property actual possession 1 : direct occupancy, use, or control of real property [had actual possession of the land despite a lack of legal title] 2 : direct physical custody, care, or control of property or contraband (as illegal drugs) [actual possession is not necessary to sustain a conviction "State v. Garrison, 896 S.W.2d 689 (1995)"] adverse possession : actual possession of another's real property that is open, hostile, exclusive, continuous, adverse to the claim of the owner, often under a claim of right or color of title, and that may give rise to title in the possessor if carried out for a specified statutory period (as ...
vicinage
vicinage [Anglo-French veisinage neighborhood, from veisin neighboring, from Old French, from Latin vicinus] : a particular vicinity or district: as a : the district in which a crime takes place and from which the accused is entitled to have an impartial jury selected as required by the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution b in the civil law of Louisiana : the neighborhood in which one is obligated not to cause material injury to others (as by a nuisance) in the free exercise of rights of ownership in immovable property [these obligations of are legal servitudes imposed on the owner of property "Rodrigue v. Copeland, 475 So. 2d 1071 (1985)"] ...
Camembert
A kind of rich soft unpressed cream cheese made in the vicinity of Camembert near Argentan France also any cheese of the same type wherever made...
Convicinity
Immediate vicinity neighborhood...
Corral
A pen for animals esp an inclosure made with wagons by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians as a place of security for horses cattle etc...
Country club
A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports and usually having an attached golf course...
Herea bout
About this place in this vicinity...
Moselle
A light wine usually white produced in the vicinity of the river Moselle...
Newfoundland
An island on the coast of British North America famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity...
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