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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

In Old English. A device, award, or decree; also a devise; bounds or limits of division of a parish or farm. Also a court held on the boundary, in order to settle disputes of the tenants.

Wharton.