Quarry
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
See Land; Mines; Waste, 3.
In the Latin of the later ages, quadratarius was a stone-squarer. The French quarriere, the original of quarry, meant the place where stone is cut into squares — a stone pit, referring to a place upon or above, not under, ground. When land is leased with an open quarry, the lessee, unless restrained by the contract, may remove the stone; but he has no right to open a new quarry.