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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
When this word is used alone it will be construed to mean due east; but this is a rule of necessity, growing out of the indefiniteness of the term and has no application where other words are used for the purpose of qualifying its meaning. Where such is the case it means precisely what the qualifying word makes it mean; Fratt v. Woodward, 32 Cal. 227, 91 Am. Dec. 573.