meandered
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 226 U.S. 460 - Marshall Dental Manufacturing Company v. State of Iowa · 1913Most cited · 36 citing opinions
In the original survey by the government in 1853 the lake was meandered, which meant under the instructions to surveyors then in force that it was a lake or deep pond.
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