Vicinity

Etymologically, by common understanding, it admits of a wider latitude than proximity or contiguity, and may embrace a more extended space than that lying contiguous to the place in question; and, as applied to towns and other territorial divisions, may embrace those not adjacent; Haley v. Ins. Co., 12 Gray (Mass.) 545; Langley v. Barnstead, 63 N. H. 246. In a statute authorizing the extension of the street and an appointment of benefits upon lots in the vicinity the term is a relative one and does not denote any particular definite distance from the extension of the street but must be construed according to the circumstances of each case; Hancock St. Extension, 18 Pa. 26. The meaning of vicinity of a city must depend upon the size of the city, etc., and its particular surroundings; Timmerman v. Dever, 52 Mich. 36, 17 N. W. 230, 50 Am. Rep. 240.

See Neighborhood.