Mill

Under the word mill in a devise, the land under the mill, and adjacent thereto, so far as necessary to its use, and commonly used with it, will pass. Whitney V. Olney, 3 Mas. 280. itself, but all the machinery and fixtures therein necessary to make it a steam sawmill in all its parts.

Bigler v. N. Y. Central Ins. Co., 20 Barf). 6-35. Mill-dam.

Does not include a dam built at the outlet of a lake to raise the waters for purposes of navigation, although used to propel mills. Arimond v. Green Bay, &c.

Canal Co., 35 Wis. 41.

In a statute imposing taxes upon " mills and buildings used for manufacturing purposes," the word mills should be construed as including the machinery employed, and not as confined to the building alone; and the machinery should be included in the valuation. "Mill" may properly include machinery, and, indeed, is sometimes used of an engine or complicated machine considered by itself.

Sprague v. Lisbon, 30 Conn. 18.

Mill privilege

The words " mill privilege," or " the privilege of a mill," in a grant, are to be understood as meaning the land on which the mill and its appendages stand, and the land and water then actually and commonly used with the mill and necessary to the enjoyment thereof.

Moore v. Fletcher, 16 Me. 63.

Mill site

The grant of a " mill site " conveys a water-power, together with the right to maintain a dam, wherever such dam would be suitable for the convenient and beneficial appropriation of the water-power.

Stackpole v. Curtis, 32 Me. 383.