Land

or LANDS. A term comprehending any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever; as, meadows, pastures, woods, waters, marshes, furzes, and heath.

170 111. 266.

An estate of frank tenement at the least.

Shep. Touch. 92.

In the technical sense, freeholds are not included within the word "lands."

3 Madd. 588.

The term terrcn in Latin was usal to denote land, from terendo, quia vomere teritm/r (because It is broken by th« plou^), and, accordingly, in fines and recoveries, land, L e., terra, has been hdd to mean arable land.

Salk. 286; Cowp. 346; Oo. Litfc. 4a; 11 Coke, 55a. But see Oro. Ellz. 476; 4 Bing. 90; Burton, Iteal Prop. 196.

See, also, " 'Land' eomprehendeth in its legal signifioanoe any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever. It includes, also, all castles, houses, or other buildings, for they consist of two things, — land, which is the foundation, and structures thereon. Land hath also, in its legal signification, an indefinite extent upwards, as well as downwards." 1 Inst. 4a; 2 P. Wms. 458, note; 5 Ves. 476; 20 Viner, Ired. L. (N. C.) 280; 49 Am. Dec. 379. "Lands" is not as broad a term as "tenements" or "hereditaments," but has been sometimes used as including these., 1 Washb. Real Prop. 9. It does not include incorporeal hereditaments issuing out of lands.

5 Denio (N. Y.) 324.