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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
Something more than a mere military camp, post, or station; it Implies a fortification or a place protected from attack by some such means as a moat, wall, or parapet.
U. S. V. Tichenor, 12 Fed. 424.