Adit
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Approach or access. As used in mining law, a horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away. Also called "drift." ADITUS (Lat. adire). An approach; a way; a public way. Co. Litt. 56a.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In mining law, an entrance or approach. A horizontal excavation used as an entrance to a mine, or a vent by which ores and water are carried away. An excavation "in and along a lode," which in statutes of Colorado and other mining states is made the equivalent of a discovery shaft. Snyder, Mines 1296, App. B. I. § 6; Gray v. Truby, 6 Col. 278; Electro-Magnetic ADITUS (Lat). An approach; a way; a public way. Co. Litt 56 c.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A horizontal entry to a mine.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In mining law. A lateral entrance or passage into a mine; the opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; a horizontal excavation in and along a lode. 9 Colo. 207, 11 Pac. Rep. 80; 6 Colo. 278.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
A horizontal entry to a mine. A statute which provides that "an adit at least ten feet in, along the lode, from the point of discovery, shall be equivalent to a discovery shaft," contemplates that the ten feet may be wholly or in part open or under cover, dependent upon the nature of the ground.^