Ambit
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A boundary line
Ellicott v. Pearl, 10 Pet. (U. S.) 412, 442, 9 L. Ed. 475.
AMBITUS (Lat). A space beside a building two and a half feet in width, and of the same length as the building; a space two and a half feet in width between two adjacent buildings; the circuit, or distance around. Cicero; Calvinus, Lex.