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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In the civil law. <A ditch; a receptacle of water, madeby hand.
Dig. 43, 14, 1, 5.
In old Englishlaw.
Aditch.
A pit full of water, in which women committing felony were drowned. A grave or sepulcher.
Spelman.