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Fence

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

n. A hedge, structure or partition, erected for the purpose of inclosing a piece of land or to divide a piece of land into distinct portions or to separate two contiguous estates.

See Kimball v. Carter, 95 Va. 77, 27 S. E. 823, 38 L R. A. 570; Estes v. Railroad Co., 63 Me. 309; Allen v. Tobias, 77 111. 171. v. In old Scotch law.

To defend or protect by formalities. To "fence a court" was to open it in due form, and interdict all manner of persons from disturbing their proceedings. This was called "fencing," q. d., defending or protecting the court