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

Black's Law Dictionary

The diminutive of a sewer.

Callis, Sew. (80,) 100.

In modern law, an open ditch or cenduit designed to allow the passage of water from one point to another in a certain direction, whether for purposes of drainage, irrigation or otherwise.

Warren v. Henly, 31 Iowa, 31; Willis v. State, 27 Neb. 98, 42 N. W. 920.