Parcel
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A distinct portion
Spoken of lands, it is used in conveyancing as equivalent to piece; and meaning any tract of indeterminate separated from the main bulk, and put up for sale and transportation. Compare Package. Parcel, as used in provisions of the Iowa revision, § 781, directing the treasurer to " make out a deed for each lot or parcel of land sold," and, to "offer for sale, separately, each tract or parcel advertised," is properly applied to a section; thus a taxdeed for a section is valid.
Martin v. Cole, 38 Iowa, 141.
Parcel makers
Two of Bcers in the exchequer who formerly made the parcels or items of the escheator's accounts, wherein they charged them with every thing they had levied for the king during the term of their office.
Cowd.