improvements
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 4 U.S. 363 - Balfour's Lessee v. Meade · 1803Most cited · 3 citing opinions
distinguished from settlement
not a pedis possessio not the erection of a cabin, the clearing, or even the cultivation, of a field. These acts may deserve the name of improvements, but not settlements.