Burying Ground
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A place appropriated for depositing the dead; a cemetery. In Massachusetts, burying grounds cannot be appropriated to roads without the consent to the owners. Gen. St. Mass. 244. BU8CARL, or BUT8ECARL.
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Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A place appropriated for depositing the dead; a cemetery. In Massachusetts, burying-grounds cannot be appropriated to roads without the consent of the owners. Mass. Gen. Stat. 244. So in Pennsylvania by acts passed in 1849 and 1861. See Cemetery.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
<A place set apart for the interment of the dead; a cemetery.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
a place appropriated for depositing the dead; acemetry. In Massachusetts burying grounds cannot be appropriated to roads without the consent of the owners. Mass. Rev. St. 239.