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Faubourg

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

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

A district or part of a town adjoining the principal city; as a faubourg of New Orleans.

City Council of Lafayette V. Holland, 18 La. 286.

FAUCES TERRit (Lat jaws of the land). Projecting headlands or promontories, including arms of the sea. Such arms of the sea are said to be inclosed within the fauces terree, in contradistinction to the open sea.

1 Kent 367, See Arm of the Sea; King’s Chamber; Territorial Waters; 16 Yale L. J. 471.