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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

A farm furnished with barns, granaries, stables, and all conveniences for husbandry.

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A combination, society, or association of farmers for the promotion of the Interests of agriculture, by abolishing the restraints and burdens imposed on it by railway and other companies, and by getting rid of the system of middlemen or agents between the producer and the consumer. Encyc. Die. The members of such associations are called grangers, from which was derived the name, applied to certain leading cases, of Granger Cases, which see.