By Estimation
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A term used In conveyances. In sales of land it not unfrequently occurs that the property is said to contain a certain number of acres "by estimation," or so many acres, "more or less." When these expressions are used, if the land fall short by a small quantity, the purchaser will receive no relief. In one case of this kind, the land fell short twofifths, and the purchaser received no relief.
2 Freem. 106. See 1 Call. (Va.) 301; 4 Hen. & M. (Va.) 184; 6 Bin. (Pa.) 106; 1 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 166; 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 37; 5 Johns. (N. Y.) 508; 15 Johns. (N. Y.) 471; 3 Mass. 38,0; 5 Mass. 355; 1 Root (Conn.) 528.
The meaning of these words has never been precisely ascertained by judicial decision. See Sugd. Vend. 231-236; Wolff, Inst. §658; and the cases cited under the articles "Constitution;" "More or Less;" "Subdivision."