Ambit
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A boundary line. AMBITUS (Lat.) A space beside a building, two and a half feet in width, and of the same length as the building; a space two and a half feet in width between two adjacent buildings; the- circuit, or distance around. Calv. Lex.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A boundary line. Ellicott v. Pearl, 10 Pet. (U. S.) 412, 442, 9 L. Ed. 475. AMBITUS (Lat). A space beside a building two and a half feet in width, and of the same length as the building; a space two and a half feet in width between two adjacent buildings; the circuit, or distance around. Cicero; Calvinus, Lex.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A boundary; an exterior or inclosing
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A boundary line, as going arcund a place; an exterior or inclosing line or limit. The limits or circumference of a power or Juvisdiction; the linecireumscribing any subject-matter.