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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The direction of a line with reference to a meridian. Where there are no monuments, the land must be bounded by the courses and distances mentioned in the patent or deed.
4 Wheat. (U. S.) 444; 3 Pet. (U. S.) 96; 3 Murph. (N. C.) 82; 2 Har. & J. (Md.) 267; 5 Har. & J. (Md.) 254.
When the lines are actually marked, they must be adhered to, though they vary from the course mentioned in the deeds.
2 Overt. (Tenn.) 304; 7 Wheat. (U. S.) 7. See 3 Call (Va.) 239; 7 T. B. Mon. (Ky.) 333.
See "Boundary."
See Boundary.