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

Black's Law Dictionary

Lab Properly a whirlpool, but in old English law and 'conveyancing, a deep pit filled with water, distinguished from "stagnum," which was a shallow pool or pond.

Co. Litt 5; Johnson v. Rayner, 6 Gray (Mass.) 107.