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Costera

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. [from Fr. costier; Lat. costa, a side.] In old English law. A coast; sea coast or shore; sea side; (litus; regionis pars mari finitima.) Spelman.

Towns. Pl. 224.

Per costeram maris; by the sea shore. Magna Charta, c.

23.